By P Rogers June 16, 2015 • • • • • • Is there nothing sacred anymore? As a longtime luxury goods consoinsseur, I am constantly surprised to what ends people will go to live the “lifestyle”. While many of us have seen the Chinatown Fauxkleys, Rolex watches and Louis Vuitton bags, this article is about a knocked off cigar lighter. You heard that right; “they” are faking the most opulent cigar accessory, the S.T. Dupont Lighter! This specimen was purchased by a good friend of mine while traveling in Shanghai, China (Red Flag Numero Uno) and is a counterfeit Limited Edition 007 James Bond S.T.

Dupont lighter. A couple of impressive points about this piece are the gun-metal grey color, the size and finish are spot on; only a side by side comparison reveals it's not the correct shade of grey. Considering the price tag of $50 it's almost worth it, considering a genuine James Bond Limited Edition S. Python Event Driven Serial Season here. T. Dupont costs between $800-$1,200!

The roller, which is turned to create the spark, is a bullet with the time zones carefully etched into the bullets' casing. Just like the real thing. The only giveaway is that the quality of the machining is not up to the high standards of Dupont. Note the edges are not as sharp and the lines not quite as clean as the real thing; details only a trained eye would be able to decipher. All modern S.T.

Dupont lighters have three things machined into the bottom of the lighter. Dupont logo, on the counterfeit the font and spacing are a little off. 2) Below the logo “Made in France” is etched - this is done to a quite poor effect as the authentic item says “Made in Paris, France”. 3) Serial Numbers are nearly always on both the counterfeit and an authentic piece and can be verfied by an authorized dealer.

Jul 21, 2010. Just for the record though: The font stamp under the lighter is not what I am used to seeing on any Dupont I have ever come into contact with. The script S T Dupont looks way off to my eye. If you contact ST Dupont and give them the serial number on the bottom, they can tell you without question if it is real. The only true way to know that I'm aware of is this: The serial number on a real Dupont lighter is hand stamped, number by number and so the numbers will not be perfectly aligned. That is, each number will be slightly out of line with the others (or at least some of them will be). Most fakes are machine made.

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