First introduced in 2017, Tiffany & Co.’s HardWear collection quickly became one of their most beloved and treasured offerings with a series of designs inspired by their prestigious past.
Up until this year, all HardWear pieces were made out of 18 karat gold and diamonds but 2026 has seen the introduction of turquoise and Akoya pearls into the collection.
Nine new pieces encompass the collection with Tiffany opting for two different approaches to set the pearls, which were sourced from Japan and the turquoise, which comes from America and Mexico.
The first example, exemplified by the 34 inch wrap necklace as well as the drop earrings, sees the turquoise beads and pearls set on the end of each HardWear link with the accents capped with gold domes.
The other use of the turquoise and pearls has the beads set between the links or set as accents.
The designs themselves take cues from the Pop Art movement and the work of Andy Warhol as well as Jean Schlumberger’s muse Bunny Mellon and a lapis lazuli and pearl necklace they wore in the 1960’s.
The centrepiece of the new release is a convertible 34-inch necklace and features two integrated clasps allowing for versatile use including as a long necklace or in the double-wrap style. The design includes gold pyramid domes that secure the stones while large turquoise beads sit along the links.
The collection is available in Tiffany & Co. stores worldwide from October.
Just last month, Tiffany unveiled it’s first ever high jewellery rope watch inspired by a design from legendary creative director, Jean Schlumberger.
The 37mm platinum watch features a floral composition of 32 shimmering ‘petals’ set with over 10 carats of trapezoid-cut diamonds. Mirroring this, the fully pavé centre dial contains 40 trapezoid-cut aquamarines, with a further 61 baguette aquamarines and 108 baguette diamonds set into the bracelet.
In total, the intricate gem setting required to bring this one-off timepiece to life required over 120 hours of meticulous craftsmanship to complete.
During more than three decades at Tiffany & Co. starting in 1956, Schlumberger created powerfully memorable jewels suffused with wit, whimsy and joyful extravagance (you can read more about him here), including incredible statement jewels showcasing exceptional gemstones framed by sinuous gold ‘ropes’.
Tiffany have spent much of 2026 honouring past designs by Schlumberger with the maison releasing a new Bird on a Rock collection.
While a new set of fine jewellery pieces showcase figurative birds embellished with details drawn from the archive, two other new collections delve into the concept of flight.
Wings, a fine jewellery line, interprets the symbolic power of flight as abstract sets of wings in 18K gold and platinum – honouring Schlumberger’s predilection for mixing precious metals. Feathers, a novel high jewellery suite, distills the bird motif down to its plumage, with sculptural compositions of diamond feathers.
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