S.T. Dupont’s Haute Creation collection celebrates the 50th anniversary of the July 20, 1969, first manned lunar landing. The S.T. Dupont Apollo L’Aquart collection is named after NASA’s missions to the moon, itself a reference to the Greek god of mythology.
While smoking inside of a spacecraft could mean a catastrophe of sorts, here’s an offering that is special for cigar connoisseurs especially in awe of the coveted Apollo 11. Designed by the Parisian design firm of S.T. Dupont, in collaboration with bronze casting designers 2Saints and master gem artisan Luis Alberto Quispe Aparicio have created a pair of out-of-this world collectibles – two remarkably detailed cigar lighters – under the celestial dome of the Apollo Collection.
To put the Apollo Collection in perspective, the Apollo 11 spacecraft consisted of three parts, the command module “Columbia”, a service support module, and a Lunar Module known as the LM (often referred to as Lem), but inspired by NASA’s logo for this space mission, was nicknamed “The Eagle”. The command module provided living quarters for the astronauts: mission commander Neil Armstrong, the command module’s pilot Michael Collins and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, the lunar module’s pilot. The service support module contained the main spacecraft’s propulsion system and also supplied the “Columbia” with electrical power, oxygen, and water, while the Lunar Module was a two-person craft used by Armstrong and Aldrin to physically land on the Moon.
Of these three modules, the Command Module (the only part of the Apollo spacecraft that returned to Earth) and the Lem have been meticulously replicated in miniature as individually numbered Limited Editions of eleven each. Fashioned of precious metals and jewels, each houses a limited-edition commemorative S.T. Dupont L2 lighter. It took more than 500 hours to handcraft each miniature module.
Limited Edition Collection “Apollo11”
The Command Module is meticulously cast in bronze and hand patinated with a plaque bearing the signatures of Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins, along with that of President Richard Nixon. The module’s removable hatch reveals an individually numbered Apollo Prestige Line 2 double-flame lighter, finished in pink gold and encased in hand patinated bronze. In addition to the eleven modules and their matching numbered lighters, there is also 69 individual Ligne 2 Prestige Lighters available, without the modules.
The more intricate Lem consists of a gold-plated duplicate of the landing craft’s skeletal structure supporting an obsidian replica of the module itself, all of which rests on a silver obsidian “moon crater” base. The top hatch of the module opens to reveal a glass tube containing an actual lunar meteorite, which comes with a certificate of authenticity. The accompanying ligne 2 double-flame lighter features front and back sculpted views of a solid silver astronaut surrounded by lapis lazuli, diamonds and rock crystal “planets.” The lighter itself, which “floats” above the module via a silver oxygen hose, can be purchased separately (without the Lem sculpture).
Launch 2019
Lem
Command Module
Prestige L2 Lighter
