Limited Edition Armories by Tournaire
Néo-Classique Fountain Pen / 18K Solid Gold Nib
Sculpted bronze with a yellow gold finish
- The “Armoiries” collection pays tribute to the spirit of chivalry of yesteryear, reinterpreting the symbols of royalty through the coat of arms of S.T. Dupont and its values: excellence, nobility, pride and loyalty.
- The Armories Collection is a majestic design brought to fruition by the creative minds of S.T. Dupont and Philippe Tournaire. Each piece is fashioned from solid bronze and a black Chinese lacquer by a master artisan at S.T. Dupont. The bronze is then coated with yellow gold finish and polished to create a lifetime masterpiece.
- Hand sculpted and intricately detailed, the Armories series includes both Ligne 2 lighters and pens.
Limited to 88 pieces
ABOUT TOURNAIRE
MASTER JEWELLER
Philippe Tournaire, an artist-jeweller for over 40 years, creates pieces combining architecture and high jewellery thanks to its showcasing of exceptional stones, meticulous sculpture and incredible three-dimensional work. He is rewarded by the prestigious Living Heritage Company Label (EPV) which is a mark of official recognition of the French State to French firms for the excellence of their traditional and industrial skills.
A long initiatory voyage
At his beginnings he worked alone in an abandoned cellar that he converted into an atelier. He has never been formally trained as a jeweller and holds a degree in electronics; but it turned out to be fortunate, as it gave him the opportunity to keep a genuine open mind. His voyages to Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and the US, brought him a great deal of traditional savoir-faire along with an understanding of modernity, thus allowing his audience to better comprehend the originality of his jewellery, the roots of which go back some 40 years.
Artist to his fingertips
Today, Philippe Tournaire does not hesitate to keep ancestral, even archaic, techniques but also uses new technologies. The combination of the two very different techniques gives the final piece an incomparable result. His fascination with the hand-crafted jewellery and ornaments of our earliest ancestors, his open-mindedness and his incessant quest for originality are the qualities that transform each of his creations into masterpieces combining precious metals and stones with the history of art and science. Every stone is set to showcase its beauty, each material is sculpted scrupulously, depths and dimensions are explored, and ancestral skills are fused with technology to create exceptional pieces that balance the art of the architecture with that of “Haute Joaillerie”.
