SOB. Ode to a lost Tiffany bracelet

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I had the Tiffany & Co Return to Tiffany bracelet. I loved it, wore it daily for many years. It fell off over the weekend. I've rung around to retrieve it but obviously it's gone. 11 years I had it. My DH bought it for me when he got his first job for my birthday. My nephew loved to play with the tag. It had great sentimental value.

I really want to replace it but Tiffany have now changed the design. The tag is different. Looking on eBay but don't know what's authentic and what is not. I know there must be some originals languishing unloved somewhere (I know they are not everyones' taste, it is after all, a dog tag).

Feels so silly but I have genuinely cried about it. I know s&b will understand my pain.

I wouldn't buy off ebay. So many replicas from Asia on there. Why don't you treat yourself to a new piece from Tiffany? think of it as a new era..

I should. I find change VERY difficult evidently.

Thanks for the advice, much appreciated.

That is such a shame There good second hand places that can track things down for you... If you say where you live, a local night be able to recommend one!

You have a chance now to build up a whole new treasury of memories attached to a new piece

We get overly attached to things, I think, because we crave a material representation of our inner lives and all the intangible things that make up our person. But you still have all those things inside you and around you :-)

My best friend at uni bought me a brooch for my 21st birthday that fell off my coat a few years later. I was devastated. I hunted high and low for it but didn't ever find it. I'm not even sure where I was when it fell off. I looked for a replacement but couldn't find one that was just the same, so I'm now the proud owner of several 'kind of the same' brooches. I don't love any of them and so they all sit at the bottom of my jewellery box, never worn. Because of that, I'd advise against trying to find a replica of your lost bracelet, if you're like me you'll always know it won't be the one with the memories and so you'll love it less. Ask your DH to pick you something new that can be a bracelet mark II and it can gather memories and significance as you wear it.

lovely sentiment holgerdanske, I second that

You are right, I know you are. It is JUST an object. But I am devastated and I don't understand why. I know I haven't changed and nothing in my life has changed. It feels as if I've had my hair chopped off or something, I just always, always wore it. So it is going to have to be replaced but by me rather than DH. My birthday is quite some time off and anyway it's almost doubled in price to what was originally paid, we don't spend that much on gifts. It's just what I replace it with now, it won't be the same but I won't feel quite as weird (you know like when you forget your watch or rings). Total first world problem I know. I'm not all that materialistic I promise.

I just wanted to offer condolences as I've been in your shoes.
Bought the Elsa Peretti gold charm bracelet during my first trip to New York nearly two decades ago. Back then it was expensive but sill reasonably priced.

Wore it every single day for years, then one day it broke in half. Took it back to Tiffanys in London and they repaired it and polished and it looked brand new. A few year later it broke again, so I put it in an envelope and placed it on the table in my bedroom to take back to be repaired when I returned from a holiday in LA. Before I left, I threw away a stacked of unwanted papers and envelopes on the same table.
It was only when I came back from LA three weeks later I realised I had thrown the envelope containing the bracelet away. It still breaks my heart now not least because the price of the bracelet has increased so much that I can't justify it. (Additionally, the original was bought with the proceeds of a summer job I had and also the first really lovely thing I ever purchased for myself from money I had earned.)

I really hope you find a way to replace yours OP.

Awww it's not about materialism, we know that. Don't feel bad for feeling devastated, it's completely understandable and no one is judging you.

Calmed down a lot now, currently scouring for 2nd hand ones to tide me over so if anyone has one tucked in a drawer, let me know.

Where did you lose the bracelet?

Have you found it Wezzle?

Oh no. I second the comments about not feeling bad about being devastated. There were so many lovely memories with the bracelet. Where did you lose the bracelet?

Can't It's a thread from 4 years ago. Wezzle has bumped it so I was wondering if they'd found one and were seeing if it was the OPs. Would be a bizarre coincidence if it was but you never know.

EnidButton thanks for telling me

I found a Tiffany bracelet many years ago that I still have. Never managed to trace the owner at the time. Randomly searched and found this thread, thought worth a shot! Realistically it’s very unlikely that it’s the same one. And I think I’ve probably had it longer than 4 years. Will see if she gets involved in the conversation again. I PMd her too but haven’t had a response.

I lost my Tiffany bracelet also about two weeks ago and like the OP I wore it so much and really miss it.My husband bought it for me also and l i just loved it.I keep thinking about the lucky person that picked it up as i lost it in the city while shopping so know i will never get it back.