Tiffany Classics “Curved Tank”

By the mid 1980’s, Oscar Waldan had secured a substantial stock of mechanical movements acquired from the many manufacturing companies who were liquidating them during the Swiss Quartz crisis. He would set out to redesign watches around these movements, repurposing once discarded complex mechanical movements and breathing new life into them through his creations. He leaned on his experience as a designer and his days spent with Roger Haas at Tissot and Gerald Genta at Universal Geneve.

He crafted his interpretations of how he thought these movements and watches should be represented. His design flair then attracted the attention of the vast network he had weaved through his past tenure and independent consulting work advising brands on product design that paved the way for his vision to create for himself. One brand that took notice was Tiffany & Co., whom Oscar had worked with previously during his earlier role as Vice President of Merchandising and Styling for Universal Geneve, which was owned and parented by the Holzer Watch Company, in which Oscar too played a role at the executive level.

Tiffany went on to purchase multiple small batch collections of highly complicated chronographs crafted in precious metals, designed and made by Oscar, powered by these high-end mechanical movements he had stockpiled. Upon their success, Tiffany expanded upon their contract with Oscar, at this point through Waldan International, and asked him to design a large collection of watches. This collection, named the “Tiffany Classics” would be comprised of both men and women’s watches, ranging from classy dress watches to beautifully ornate jewelry watches. All these pieces carried a secret “Waldan Creation” stamp on the inside case back, discretely distinguishing them from the other watches produced under the iconic Tiffany moniker.

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This is a rectangular, elongated “Tank” style model from the men’s collection circa late 1990’s, crafted in 14K yellow gold and powered by an ETA quartz movement. The white dial features painted larger font Arabic markers and Breguet style hands with the “Tiffany & Co.” signature placed between 10 and 2. The knurled crown at 3 features a cabochon cut gem. Fixed to its original, black Tiffany & Co. signed 18mm lizard skin strap and gold Tiffany & Co. signed buckle, this watch is also accompanied by an accessory 18mm strap and Waldan wooden lacquer box. This watch has been professionally restored to meet warranty standards while keeping it in as original and authentic condition as possible and is warrantied for a period of two (2) years from the date of purchase. 

Note: These watches are vintage and sold as such. All watches have been examined and serviced, however, due to the nature of their age, please expect natural wear and patina. Please read each item description and examine all product images. Water proofing cannot be guaranteed. Click here for shipping and handling information. A high quality replacement strap of your choice is provided with all vintage watch purchases, as watches arrive with their original straps.