Hammer Price: Interested in the price of this lot Subscribe to the price guide Auction Date: 10:00 GMT Auctioneer: Gerrards Auction Rooms. In 1987, the company was sold to Dickson Concepts, a Hong Kong retailer of fashion products, watches and jewellery, as part of a restructuring plan announced by Gillette. S.J Dupont Paris Gold Plated Petrol Lighter. In 1971, Gillette purchased 48% of the stock of S.T. In response, on his subsequent return to Paris, he decided to move even further upmarket and cater to clients unaffected by the crash. On the ship going to New York, he learned about the Wall Street crash. In 1929, Lucien Tissot-Dupont was invited to New York by Louis Cartier to present his travel cases in their 5th Avenue shop. Dupont transferred its workshops from rue Dieu in Paris back to the family's hometown of Faverges in Savoy in 1924. 250 workers and 17 separate traders were involved in the manufacture, including goldsmiths, woodworkers, engravers, leather craftsmen, lacquer workers, and locksmiths. Craftsmen were employed and patents were taken out to protect industrial secrets. They focused on high-quality travel cases and accessories. In 1884, Dupont became the supplier to one of the world's largest shops – Les Grands Magasins du Louvre – while maintaining his private clientele.ĭupont handed over his company in 1919 to his sons, Lucien and André, who, trading under the name of Les Fils de S.T. The same year, he bought a workshop which made leather briefcases for diplomats and businessmen. Simon Tissot-Dupont (born in Savoy in 1847) founded a carriage company which was destroyed in a fire in 1872.

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