S.T. Dupont Line 2 Monogram 1872 — Black

S.T. Dupont Line 2 Monogram 1872 — Black

The Monogram 1872 collection asks the same question across every finish it occupies: what does the founding year look like in this material? In yellow gold, it looks warm, celebratory, continuous with the Maison's heritage. In palladium, it looks precise and cool. In satin black with yellow gold accents, it looks graphic — the founding monogram rendered in the finish that produces the highest contrast, the S.T. Dupont logo reading against a dark ground in the way that a name reads most clearly when everything around it is removed.

CLING Technique / Black and Gold

The CLING technique — guilloché engraved into the brass body, lacquer applied over it — gives the black surface of the Monogram 1872 lighter a depth that distinguishes it from painted or coated lighters. The satin black lacquer rests on the guilloché engraving beneath it, the structural texture of the pattern giving the surface a tactile quality and preventing the flatness that unadorned black lacquer can produce. Against this dark ground, the yellow gold accents organize the lighter's visual composition: the monogram and the hardware elements in gold against the satin black field, the two-tone contrast reading as a deliberate graphic statement rather than an incidental finish choice. Satin black rather than gloss: the matte quality of the surface keeps the contrast from becoming aggressive, the logo present without the mirror surface that would distract from it.

Black and Gold / The Heritage Motif in Contrast

The Monogram 1872 motif — the new S.T. Dupont logo, upright, determined, and proud — was designed to read clearly across every surface it occupies. On the black and gold version, it does something specific: it renders the founding year as a mark rather than a decoration. The yellow gold against the satin black ground gives the monogram the clarity of a stamp or seal — the identity of the house applied to the surface with the directness that the design was intended to convey. At 62 × 37 × 11mm and 130g, the Line 2 proportions place this graphic object in the pocket. The Perfect Ping confirms which lighter opened without anyone needing to see the logo.

Double Flame / The Perfect Ping

The Line 2 Monogram 1872 lighter features S.T. Dupont's double yellow flame. Opening produces the Perfect Ping — the acoustic signature of the Line 2, consistent across all three Monogram 1872 finishes. The sound does not change with the surface. Personalization available up to three characters.

Now available at The Tobacconist of Greenwich.