The history of S.T Dupont pens

The history of the Dupont pen Let's retrace the history of this extraordinary luxury house. The company S.T Dupont is based in Paris. It is a company that designs and manufactures luxury personal items such as pens, lighters, ready-to-wear, watches, leather goods, perfumes, etc. The company was founded in 1872 in the typically Parisian workshop of Mr. Simon Tissot-Dupont, from which the initials "S.T" come. Originally from Savoy, he had settled in Paris as a leather goods maker.In 1941, Mr. Tissot-Dupont launched his first gasoline lighter. Then, after two years of research, he released his first gas lighter. The company now devotes its production to solid brass instead of aluminum. Gold and silver are used to adorn its increasingly refined decorations.

The different S.T. Dupont Pens.

The company also launched the production of high-end pens in 1973 by introducing "Classique," the first luxury ballpoint pen which was a personal, technical, and very practical object. The production of pens did not stop there, and in 1996 the Olympio range was launched, made from rich materials such as leather and Chinese lacquer. Thus, S.T Dupont revolutionizes the world of writing by introducing luxury. It is obviously very pleasant to be able to write with a leather pen adapted to one's size.The rise of S.T Dupont did not stop there, because in 2008 the company innovated by producing a luxury pen equipped with a USB key called the 'Neo-Classical President'.

A very special request!

Jackie Kennedy is the icon of the S.T Dupont brand. Indeed, as a little anecdote, in 1973 Jackie Kennedy had a Dupont lighter engraved with her initial; she loved it so much that she contacted the company to ask for a matching pen to be made for her. A very special request, because at At the time, she was nonetheless the First Lady of the United States. The S.T Dupont company immediately responded positively to this request and had the idea to replicate the lighter’s mechanism so that the two would match. As you understand, it is thanks to Jackie Kennedy that the first ballpoint pen from S.T Dupont was produced.