As I?ve mentioned before, square-shaped timepieces have always held a special place in my heart (and on my wrist). Perhaps it comes from my childhood fixation with Andy Warhol and his well-known love for Cartier Tanks (that he notoriously refused to wind), but square watches have remained the ideal dress watch in my mind.
The latest square watch to truly grab my attention doesn?t come from Cartier, Jaeger-LeCoultre, or TAG Heuer ? instead, it comes from the world-famous purveyor of blue boxes and fine jewelry, Tiffany & Co.

Appropriately titled, the Tiffany Square Watch was released back at the end of August to commemorate the 180th anniversary of the jeweler. It?s a supremely classic timepiece, coming in at concise 27 mm by 35.8 mm with the lugs and a case made out of 18k rose gold. The creamy dial is seamlessly augmented by the honey-colored cathedral hands and gold poudré Arabic numerals. At six o?clock we have a small seconds subdial that is surrounded by a railway-inspired track. This same minute track circles (or squares, if you?re being cheeky) the edges of the dial and it gives off a funky art deco style that works really well with both the size and the shape of the timepiece. Tiffany says that the watch is directly inspired by one of the New York retailer?s square timepieces from the 1920?s, but they don’t provide a specific example. However, the real highlight here is the new movement that Tiffany is introducing. This square movement marks the first...