Tiffany & Co.

Tiffany & Co. is a jewelry company in the United States. It was founded on September 18, 1837 by Charles Lewis Tiffany and John B. Young in New York. Tiffany & Co. has branches in many cities throughout the world.

The Color Tiffany Blue ( Tiffany Blue, hex value: # 0ABAB5 ), which symbolizes the brand is a registered trademark color of the company.

History

The first store was located at 259 Broadway and had at that time a revolutionary business practice, since none of the prices were negotiable. 1853 Charles Lewis Tiffany gained control of the entire company. Meanwhile, Tiffany also sells high quality household items.

Customers included not only wealthy citizens, but also the monarch. Charles Lewis Tiffany supplied the imperial court in Vienna and became the imperial Appointed purveyor to the court.

The business at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and 57th Street is the flagship of the company is also a tourist attraction, not least because of the movie Breakfast at Tiffany's with Audrey Hepburn by 1961. The former Tiffany and Company Building on 38th Street was in the National Register of Historic Places with number 78001886 was added as a National Historic Monument.

In Germany in 2012 there were a total of six of the world's 275 sales outlets, including at the Munich Residenz Street, Goethe Street in Frankfurt, the King Avenue in Dusseldorf, on the Neuer Wall in Hamburg and at the KaDeWe in Berlin. The only Austrian branch is located since 2006 at the carbon market 8-10 in Vienna. In Switzerland there is a branch at Bahnhofstrasse 14 in Zurich.

Tiffany is the Vince Lombardi Trophy ago, the winner's trophy for the Super Bowl, the annual discharged finals of the North American professional football league NFL.

Tiffany Engagement Ring

The history of the Tiffany engagement ring begins in 1886 when Charles Lewis Tiffany introduces the solitaire version. The frame is distinguished by the fact that the diamond gets a lot of light and thus the brilliance of the diamond is highlighted. Does the version 6 prongs, one speaks of the classic version of the Tiffany engagement ring - with a 4- prong setting of a classic-modern version. Especially in the USA, the classic solitaire ring is seen as a symbol of the engagement ring. Sales in Japan accounts for 41 % of total sales of Tiffany Japan with engagement rings. In Europe, the share of sales with engagement rings is 25%.

Applied method of changing from semi-precious stones

Lt.. Tiffany's Enhancement Policy accepted the company "improvements" of jewelry stones which " serve only to enhance the beauty of the stones ." There are accepted:

  • Irradiation (color): gold and yellow beryl, kunzite ( spodumene ), topaz (imperial, orange, yellow, pink ) Tourmaline ( colorful, pink, purple, " watermelon ", Rubellite )
  • Diffusion treatment (color): Sapphire (blue, changeable, colorless, green, orange, padparadscha, pink, purple, yellow, star sapphire )
  • Heat treatment ( color, clarity ): Amethyst, Aquamarine, agate, amber, carnelian, citrine, fluorite, kunzite ( spodumene ), morganite, Praseolit ​​, smoky quartz, ruby ​​, star ruby, sapphire (blue, changeable, colorless, green, orange, padparadscha, pink, purple, yellow, star sapphire ), Tanzanite, Topaz, tourmaline (blue, yellow, green, paraiba, Indicolit )
  • Introduction of transparent materials (clarity ): Emerald (green beryl ), Ruby, Star Ruby, Sapphire (blue, changeable, colorless, green, orange, padparadscha, pink, purple, yellow, star sapphire )
  • Color: Onyx (black, blue, green), mother of pearl
  • Bleaching and dyeing: natural pearls, many saltwater and freshwater cultured pearls
  • Duchsichtige jacket ( uniformity and / or durability of the surface): Azurite, Calcite, Charoite, dolomite, bronzite, Amazonite, granite, jade, lapis lazuli, malachite, obsidian, desert glass, Nuumit, opal (black, blue, pink, white, prase, yellow, boulder, Chachalong, Chrysopal, fire opal, opalite ), Cultured Pearls, Prehnite, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite, Ryolit, serpentine, sodalite, sphalerite, Sugilite, Turquoise, Unakite, Variszit, zoisite with ruby, Thulit
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