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            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
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                    <value>By KJC Ltd.</value>
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                    <value>By Article IV Trust</value>
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        <footnote id="F1">Includes 1,269 unvested restricted stock units, which will vest in accordance with their terms on the earlier of the one-year anniversary of the grant date, or the termination of the reporting person's service as a director due to death or disability.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Given for no consideration.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">KJC Ltd. is a Delaware limited partnership of which the reporting person is the sole general partner and of which three of his adult children are limited partners. Reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of Tiffany &amp; Co. stock held by KJC Ltd.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Article IV trust dated August 1, 2012 for one of the reporting person's adult children.  Reporting person's spouse, Fay Shutzer, is the sole trustee of the trust.  Reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of the Tiffany &amp; Co. stock held by the trust.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Options granted pursuant to the Tiffany &amp; Co. 2008 Directors Equity Compensation Plan, which complies with Rule 16b-3. The option is exercisable on the first business day following the grant date.</footnote>
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    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ John C. Duffy, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-05-31</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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X0306
4
2016-05-26
0
0000098246
TIFFANY & CO
TIF
0001016750
SHUTZER WILLIAM A
TIFFANY & CO.
727 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK
NY
10022
1
0
0
0
Common Stock $.01 Par
2016-05-26
4
A
0
1269
0
A
161206
D
Common Stock $.01 Par
107500
I
By KJC Ltd.
Common Stock $.01 Par
32210
I
By Article IV Trust
Non-Qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy)
63.38
2016-05-26
4
A
0
6020
0
A
2016-05-27
2026-05-26
Common Stock $.01 Par
6020.0
6020
D
Includes 1,269 unvested restricted stock units, which will vest in accordance with their terms on the earlier of the one-year anniversary of the grant date, or the termination of the reporting person's service as a director due to death or disability.
Given for no consideration.
KJC Ltd. is a Delaware limited partnership of which the reporting person is the sole general partner and of which three of his adult children are limited partners. Reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of Tiffany & Co. stock held by KJC Ltd.
Article IV trust dated August 1, 2012 for one of the reporting person's adult children.  Reporting person's spouse, Fay Shutzer, is the sole trustee of the trust.  Reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of the Tiffany & Co. stock held by the trust.
Options granted pursuant to the Tiffany & Co. 2008 Directors Equity Compensation Plan, which complies with Rule 16b-3. The option is exercisable on the first business day following the grant date.
/s/ John C. Duffy, Attorney-in-Fact
2016-05-31