Dupont is a French company specializing in the creation and manufacture of luxury personal items, lighters, fountain pens, ballpoint pens, leather goods, luggage, prêt-à-porter, perfumes, luxury accessories. In the event of a fall, the special plating procedure allows the finish to not chip but only dent. Dupont gold plating treatment allows this lighter to face the signs of aging without aging. The gold finish makes the lighter precious and important

The Dupont flare mechanism is very reliable and does not lose an ignition and can easily be switched on.

It combines the purity of design with an extremely reliable mechanism. The ignition rotor is cylindrical, worked like a Greek column, aesthetically perfect! The inserts in Lacquer of China bordeaux are inserted on all sides and the lighter flare counteracting the uniformity of the shiny gold finish. Dupont lighter, gold-plated Gatsby line with a handmade Chinese lacquer finish, produced in a limited edition. lighter Dupont always synonymous with high male class. In 1987, the company was sold to Dickson Concepts, a Hong Kong retailer of fashion products, watches and jewellery, as part of a restructuring plan announced by Gillette.Gatsby line is the S.T. In 1971, Gillette purchased 48% of the stock of S.T. In response, on his subsequent return to Paris, he decided to move even further upmarket and cater to clients unaffected by the crash. On the ship going to New York, he learned about the Wall Street crash. In 1929, Lucien Tissot-Dupont was invited to New York by Louis Cartier to present his travel cases in their 5th Avenue shop. Dupont transferred its workshops from rue Dieu in Paris back to the family's hometown of Faverges in Savoy in 1924. 250 workers and 17 separate traders were involved in the manufacture, including goldsmiths, woodworkers, engravers, leather craftsmen, lacquer workers, and locksmiths. Craftsmen were employed and patents were taken out to protect industrial secrets. They focused on high-quality travel cases and accessories. In 1884, Dupont became the supplier to one of the world's largest shops – Les Grands Magasins du Louvre – while maintaining his private clientele.ĭupont handed over his company in 1919 to his sons, Lucien and André, who, trading under the name of Les Fils de S.T. The same year, he bought a workshop which made leather briefcases for diplomats and businessmen. Simon Tissot-Dupont (born in Savoy in 1847) founded a carriage company which was destroyed in a fire in 1872.

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