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            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10022</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock $.01 Par</value>
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        <footnote id="F1">Includes 2,688 restricted stock units, 2,117 of which are vested, and 571 of which will vest on the earlier of November 16, 2018, or the termination of the reporting person's service as a director due to death or disability.</footnote>
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    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ John C. Duffy, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2018-03-01</signatureDate>
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X0306
4
2018-02-28
0
0000098246
TIFFANY & CO
TIF
0001016753
KOWALSKI MICHAEL JOSEPH
TIFFANY & CO.
727 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK
NY
10022
1
0
0
0
Common Stock $.01 Par
2018-02-28
4
S
0
3806
102.5287
D
74285
D
Common Stock $.01 Par
30585
I
By Trust
Common Stock $.01 Par
7000
I
By Kowalski Family Foundation
Includes 2,688 restricted stock units, 2,117 of which are vested, and 571 of which will vest on the earlier of November 16, 2018, or the termination of the reporting person's service as a director due to death or disability.
/s/ John C. Duffy, Attorney-in-Fact
2018-03-01