The name S.T. stands for Simon Tissot-Dupont, who founded the company in 1872 for manufacturing a luxury line of a leather goods. In 1920 he handed the company on to his two sons Lucien and Andre, who were to give the company its international reputation.

It was in the thirties that S.T. Dupont made its first lighter to The Maharajah Of Patiala, a "faithful" customer of S.T. Dupont who by himself, thanks to his 150 wives, represented a market, expressed the wish to have a small case with an integral lighter. This became S.T. Dupont’s first lighter. Obviously in solid gold, and possibly finished in real Chinese lacquer. The Faverges laboratoire where the factory is located did not waste time-the lighter became part of their unique creations.

In December 1953 S.T. Dupont introduced its first gas lighter coded D57. The gas flow was adjusted by means of a separate key. The total output was 320,000 units. This old lighter is no longer repairable by S.T. Dupont in France or J&H Services.

In 1959, S.T. Dupont launched model BS (Briquet Simple or Standard), both small and large version, with a device to stop the flow of gas by means of a small wheel on top, very useful when changing the flint. A total of 1.4 million units were produced up to the end of 1973. This discontinued lighter is still repairable and J&H can restore it to a perfect condition.

1959 Model BS

In 1965, model BR (Briquet Reglable) was introduced. It had an automatic gas flow stop for changing the flint and a gas flow adjuster operated by means of a horizontal cylinder next to the nozzle. A very successful lighter, of which 15 million units sold up to 1984. This lighter is still available by S.T. Dupont and it is called the LINE 1 model, however the automatic gas flow stop does not exist on the new version. This lighter can have a wide cigar flame burner or angle pipe flame fitted.

1965 Model BR

During the ‘seventies’, S.T. Dupont introduced the first table gas lighter, also in lacquer version. It was called BTL (Briquet Table Long). The BT2 (Briquet Table 2), an elegant non-lacquered cylindrical lighter, was produced between 1971 and 1979. This lighter is no longer available but still repairable.

In 1977, S.T. Dupont introduced the PN model (Pyrophoric New), a large pocket lighter without gas stop. Production to date is about 1.2 million. This lighter is called today the LINE 2 model and it is the most popular lighter worldwide. This lighter can have a burner fitted with a dual flame for a cigar or an angle flame for a pipe smoker.

1977 Model PN

In 1979, S.T. Dupont introduced the small version of PN model. Today, it is called the GATSBY model. This lighter can have a burner fitted with a dual flame for cigar or an angle flame for pipe.

The first jewelry pen to bear the S.T. Dupont signature was brought out in 1973. S.T. Dupont wide collections of writing instruments can be found at Neiman Marcus stores and at the Colorado Pen Company stores at over 40 malls in the US.