With this exceptional limited series, S.T. Dupont pays tribute to the most famous and mythical of trains, the Orient Express.
The year 2009 marked the end of a historic run of 126 years of operation for the Orient Express, a long-distance passenger train service originally operating from Paris to Istanbul. Started as a normal international railway service, the name Orient Express came to be synonymous with intrigue and luxury.
This famous Orient Express luxury train has inspired numerous writers, such as Agatha Christie, Paul Morand or Paul Valéry, and has also been used as the backdrop for a host of movies.
Inaugurated in 1883 under the name of “Express of East”, it connected Paris to Constantinople, serving several European capitals along the way. It is an emblem of the industrial revolution, but has also become a symbol of freedom and modernity.
In the 1920s, the Orient Express became the preferred transport of Europe’s crowned heads, aristocrats and celebrities, and was dubbed “The Train of Kings, the King of Trains”.
S.T. Dupont honors the legacy of the Orient Express with this beautiful and rather unique collection.
The Orient Express Limited Edition consists of:
Premium Fountain Pen, Rollerball and Ligne 2 Lighter Limited to 1,883
Prestige Fountain Pen and Ligne 2 Lighter Limited to 1,883
The Premium series is coated with a midnight blue lacquer finished with palladium trims. It is adorned with a silver powder and placed lacquer effect, whose medallion shape symbolises the stained-glass window visible from the outside of the train and is highlighted by a piece of mother-of-pearl on the front of the lighter. The cap top of the pen is inlaid with a mother-of-pearl to resemble the gleaming light in the front of a train and finished with a very unique clip, reminiscent of the train handles.
Finest engravings on each side of the lighter and the pen, and the nib itself recall the rivets of carriages, the old wheels and the stained glass window.
Composed of pens, lighters and cufflinks, the limitation number 1,883, is a reference to the train’s year of inauguration, bearing the “Orient Express” signature.
This exquisite combination of midnight blue and white lacquer, enhanced with yellow gold, evoke the majestic colours of the carriages, and the added parts are finely gilded, subtly recalling the train’s handles or its chassis.
The lighter’s central medallion echoes the stained-glass window visible from outside the train; it is highlighted by four pieces of white mother-of-pearl surrounding an intense blue spinel, a rare gemstone renowned for its brightness and hardness.
The clip of the pen evokes the chimney of the Orient-Express, also overhung by a blue spinel. Each piece is finely engraved with the words “Orient-Express”.
An exclusive collector reflecting the S.T. Dupont original know-how, master trunk maker, is proposed with an attaché case in blue and white leather containing the whole Orient-Express Prestige collection.
S.T. Dupont has created the embodiment of ultimate luxury with this exceptional writing set representing the mythical train and an exclusive lighter both in blue and white lacquer with white solid gold finishes.
All decorative elements of the Orient Express collection pay homage to the mythical train: the colors of the carriages, its handles or chassis, the stained glass window, the chimney and even the Orient Express typography signature.
The central medallion of the lighter is made in solid white gold and set with 129 white diamonds of 1.46 carats.
Inspired by the Orient Express chimney, the solid white-gold clip of the pen carries 71 white diamonds. Equipped with a 18K white-gold nib, the fountain pen is decorated with 8 pieces of white mother of pearl inlay.
The Diamond Collection is numbered out of 28 pieces worldwide
Launch 2013
Premium Fountain Pen
Premium Rollerball
Premium Rollerball Video
Premium L2 Lighter
Prestige Fountain Pen
Prestige L2 Lighter
Prestige Sets
Diamond Collection
