In 1883, the Thorens family business was first registered in Sainte-Croix (Ste-Croix), Vaud, Switzerland by Hermann Thorens. It produced phonographs, music boxes and cigarette lighters .
    Thorens’s first lighter patent was applied for in 1919 and many original patented models followed. They are displayed in various lighters publications and museums.

                                   Swiss utility patent -1919

    Since 1883, Thorens has had the privilege to count illustrious partners as well as interested clients from all horizons.
    For its lighters, Thorens technicians and engineers in Switzerland have developed many ingenuous features and breakthrough inventions that have enabled a production of 5 millions Thorens lighters between 1913 and 1964 , including the "single claw model " on the picture above.
    The most notable lighter they produced was the button actuated "automatic lighter",that help establish the Thorens identity worlwide.Lighters made products by Hermann Thorens SA have pleased many consumers and collectors in the past.
    Today, Thorens technicians and engineers in Switzerland have developed many ingenuous features and breakthrough inventions,better quality and more choices for both use and collection are worth having.