Both the Olympio and the Fidélio ranges were manufactured with many different finishes, including highly intricate guillochè patterns and, of course, Dupont's well known Lacque de Chine variants.
Also, the Olympio range use 18-carat nibs while the smaller Fidelio use a 14-carat nib in a distinct design shape.
Like all Dupont pens, the range was a cartridge filled pen or could use a converter - standard sized international cartridges or converters so there is a broad selection of inks available. The range included ballpoint, rollerball, fountain pens and pencils. Initially the range was introduced with 2 sizes (the Large and the XL Large) - later Dupont also introduced a smaller sized Olympio, naming it the Fidélio, and a much smaller (purse size) ballpoint pen called the Mini Olympio with the barrel in several bright colours. In the middle 1990s, Dupont launched a new range of pens that would eventually replace the Montparnasse as their flagship product - This was the Olympio (also initially known in some markets as the Orpheo) whose curved form and soft lines provided a simple, timeless elegance.
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The Montparnasse range included two ballpoint pen variants (a medium-sized and a large girth version), a rollerball pen and two sizes of the fountain pen (medium and the XL).ĭupont launched a special edition of the Montparnasse range that differed from the normal range due to its intricate guillochè work coated with several layers of semi-transparent lacquer - it named it the "Chairman" Series and further details can be found here. Since the section of the fountain pen is internal, Dupont devised a specially designed swing out handle that sits on the base of the barrel and allows for the section to be unscrewed from the barrel - once again, an inspiration from their lighter range. All the nibs are mono-tone 18-carat gold. Similar to the previous models, the Montparnasse came in several types of finish over its solid brass body: precious metals guillochè, and Chinese lacquered.
With over 40 years of production, the Classique range has been produced in many finishes and materials, although it is best known for its Chinese lacquer finishes and it was also used in the late 1980s as the basis for some of Dupont's first limited edition productions. The nibs on all versions are mono-tone 18-carat gold, with the exception of the last version, the Classique L2, which had a dual-tone gold nib similar in design to the nibs used by the Olympio range. Note that Dupont stopped producing pencil-only versions in all ranges when a specific pencil refill was designed to be compatible with the newer ballpoint pens.Ī year later the fountain pen was introduced and the range was soon extended to include a mechanical pencil and a rollerball/fineliner as well. The Classique was also the inspiration for the more recent Néo-Classique range. This was such a tremendous success that the pen is still in production today (only the ballpoint / pencil) with some very slight alterations from the original design. Dupont started producing pens with a request from Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis back in the 1970's, when she asked for a ballpoint pen that matched her Dupont lighter, and thus was born the Dupont Classique, designed by Jean Malamoud who sought inspiration from the design and format of the roller piece of a Dupont lighter - the first models were finished in metal with various guilloché patterns and a thin stripe of lacquer on the clip.
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