diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.18.1.txt b/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.18.1.txt
index 2545407ce43c9..103159ae33d88 100644
--- a/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.18.1.txt
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.18.1.txt
@@ -143,3 +143,5 @@ Bug Fixes
 
 
 - Bug in ``pivot_table`` when ``margins=True`` and ``dropna=True`` where nulls still contributed to margin count (:issue:`12577`)
+
+- Bug in ``Timestamp.__repr__`` that caused ``pprint`` to fail in nested structures (:issue:`12622`)
diff --git a/pandas/tseries/tests/test_tslib.py b/pandas/tseries/tests/test_tslib.py
index ecbe2827f5447..f0d5bf7e046c3 100644
--- a/pandas/tseries/tests/test_tslib.py
+++ b/pandas/tseries/tests/test_tslib.py
@@ -453,6 +453,25 @@ def test_nat_fields(self):
         self.assertTrue(np.isnan(ts.daysinmonth))
         self.assertTrue(np.isnan(ts.days_in_month))
 
+    def test_pprint(self):
+        # GH12622
+        import pprint
+        nested_obj = {'foo': 1,
+                      'bar': [{'w': {'a': Timestamp('2011-01-01')}}] * 10}
+        result = pprint.pformat(nested_obj, width=50)
+        expected = r'''{'bar': [{'w': {'a': Timestamp('2011-01-01 00:00:00')}},
+         {'w': {'a': Timestamp('2011-01-01 00:00:00')}},
+         {'w': {'a': Timestamp('2011-01-01 00:00:00')}},
+         {'w': {'a': Timestamp('2011-01-01 00:00:00')}},
+         {'w': {'a': Timestamp('2011-01-01 00:00:00')}},
+         {'w': {'a': Timestamp('2011-01-01 00:00:00')}},
+         {'w': {'a': Timestamp('2011-01-01 00:00:00')}},
+         {'w': {'a': Timestamp('2011-01-01 00:00:00')}},
+         {'w': {'a': Timestamp('2011-01-01 00:00:00')}},
+         {'w': {'a': Timestamp('2011-01-01 00:00:00')}}],
+ 'foo': 1}'''
+        self.assertEqual(result, expected)
+
 
 class TestDatetimeParsingWrappers(tm.TestCase):
     def test_does_not_convert_mixed_integer(self):
diff --git a/pandas/tslib.pyx b/pandas/tslib.pyx
index 04ee609814b5b..dc089785238d9 100644
--- a/pandas/tslib.pyx
+++ b/pandas/tslib.pyx
@@ -316,50 +316,6 @@ class Timestamp(_Timestamp):
 
         return ts_base
 
-    def __repr__(self):
-        stamp = self._repr_base
-        zone = None
-
-        try:
-            stamp += self.strftime('%z')
-            if self.tzinfo:
-                zone = _get_zone(self.tzinfo)
-        except ValueError:
-            year2000 = self.replace(year=2000)
-            stamp += year2000.strftime('%z')
-            if self.tzinfo:
-                zone = _get_zone(self.tzinfo)
-
-        try:
-            stamp += zone.strftime(' %%Z')
-        except:
-            pass
-
-        tz = ", tz='{0}'".format(zone) if zone is not None else ""
-        offset = ", offset='{0}'".format(self.offset.freqstr) if self.offset is not None else ""
-
-        return "Timestamp('{stamp}'{tz}{offset})".format(stamp=stamp, tz=tz, offset=offset)
-
-    @property
-    def _date_repr(self):
-        # Ideal here would be self.strftime("%Y-%m-%d"), but
-        # the datetime strftime() methods require year >= 1900
-        return '%d-%.2d-%.2d' % (self.year, self.month, self.day)
-
-    @property
-    def _time_repr(self):
-        result = '%.2d:%.2d:%.2d' % (self.hour, self.minute, self.second)
-
-        if self.nanosecond != 0:
-            result += '.%.9d' % (self.nanosecond + 1000 * self.microsecond)
-        elif self.microsecond != 0:
-            result += '.%.6d' % self.microsecond
-
-        return result
-
-    @property
-    def _repr_base(self):
-        return '%s %s' % (self._date_repr, self._time_repr)
 
     def _round(self, freq, rounder):
 
@@ -977,6 +933,30 @@ cdef class _Timestamp(datetime):
         self._assert_tzawareness_compat(other)
         return _cmp_scalar(self.value, ots.value, op)
 
+    def __repr__(self):
+        stamp = self._repr_base
+        zone = None
+
+        try:
+            stamp += self.strftime('%z')
+            if self.tzinfo:
+                zone = _get_zone(self.tzinfo)
+        except ValueError:
+            year2000 = self.replace(year=2000)
+            stamp += year2000.strftime('%z')
+            if self.tzinfo:
+                zone = _get_zone(self.tzinfo)
+
+        try:
+            stamp += zone.strftime(' %%Z')
+        except:
+            pass
+
+        tz = ", tz='{0}'".format(zone) if zone is not None else ""
+        offset = ", offset='{0}'".format(self.offset.freqstr) if self.offset is not None else ""
+
+        return "Timestamp('{stamp}'{tz}{offset})".format(stamp=stamp, tz=tz, offset=offset)
+
     cdef bint _compare_outside_nanorange(_Timestamp self, datetime other,
                                          int op) except -1:
         cdef datetime dtval = self.to_datetime()
@@ -1098,6 +1078,27 @@ cdef class _Timestamp(datetime):
         out = get_start_end_field(np.array([self.value], dtype=np.int64), field, freqstr, month_kw)
         return out[0]
 
+    property _repr_base:
+        def __get__(self):
+            return '%s %s' % (self._date_repr, self._time_repr)
+
+    property _date_repr:
+        def __get__(self):
+            # Ideal here would be self.strftime("%Y-%m-%d"), but
+            # the datetime strftime() methods require year >= 1900
+            return '%d-%.2d-%.2d' % (self.year, self.month, self.day)
+
+    property _time_repr:
+        def __get__(self):
+            result = '%.2d:%.2d:%.2d' % (self.hour, self.minute, self.second)
+
+            if self.nanosecond != 0:
+                result += '.%.9d' % (self.nanosecond + 1000 * self.microsecond)
+            elif self.microsecond != 0:
+                result += '.%.6d' % self.microsecond
+
+            return result
+
     property asm8:
         def __get__(self):
             return np.datetime64(self.value, 'ns')