The company of S T Dupont was founded in 1872 by Simon Tissot-Dupont, as a leather manufacturing company making wallets and attache cases. 

It was in 1973 that S T Dupont moved into the luxury writing instrument market with the introduction of the Classique. Using the artisan skills of the jeweller, S T Dupont had created a refined ballpoint pen from solid silver. In 1996, the Olympio range was added and following the success of these, the writing instrument collection has expanded and evolved to what it today.