S.T. Dupont Popoté Line 2 "Perfect Ping" — Blue/Yellow Gold
Some techniques cannot be replicated by machine. The Popoté is one of them — and the Line 2 it produces is, by definition, one of a kind.
The Popoté Technique
Dating to 1953 in S.T. Dupont's Parisian atelier, the Popoté is among the Maison's most distinctive and storied decorative methods. Using a special stamp, a craftsman applies irregular touches to the lacquer surface — each gesture at once precise and deliberately random. The result is a surface that catches light differently from every angle, appearing almost to vibrate, with a depth and dimensionality that no flat lacquer can achieve. The process is the same for every piece; the result is different every time. No two Popoté lighters are identical.
Blue / Yellow Gold
The Blue/Yellow Gold variation is the Popoté at its most luminous. Blue lacquer — serene and shifting — responds to the Popoté technique with particular drama, the irregular surface breaking the color into planes of different depth and intensity. Against yellow gold, the effect is warm and vibrant, with the gold finish amplifying the lacquer's movement rather than containing it. This is a lighter that rewards extended attention.
The Perfect Ping
The collection preserves the Line 2's defining hallmark: the crystalline "perfect ping." That unmistakable sound — produced when the cap opens — has defined the Line 2 since its introduction and remains the acoustic signature of S.T. Dupont craftsmanship.
Now available at The Tobacconist of Greenwich.
