1939: The 14 karat solid gold Zippo lighter was introduced.

1949: Town and Country designs featuring a pheasant, mallard, geese, sailboat, trout, setter, horse and lily pond were added to the line.

1950: Full cover leather lighters were introduced.

1951: The full cover leather lighter was replaced by a wrap-around application for the lid and bottom.

1955: Silver filled and gold filled lighters were designed and introduced.

1956: The slim Zippo lighter was added to the line.

1969: In honor of the NASA moon landing, a Moon Landing lighter series was developed. The "Space Series" continued into the 1990's.

1970: Zippo introduced a "Zodiac" lighter series. All twelve Zodiac signs were available on slim lighters only.

1972: Lighters featuring National Football League helmets were introduced

1974: The now classic Venetian design lighter became available.

1976: A commemorative Bicentennial lighter was manufactured. Also in 1976, the "Golden Elegance" series was introduced, along with a "denim-look" lighter.

1977: The Golden Tortoise model was added to the Zippo line this year.

1978: An acrylic chip is used to make the colorful "Ultralite" series

1980: During this presidential election year, Zippo introduced two political motif lighters.

1982: Zippo celebrated its 50th Anniversary with an original design brass lighter. Also introduced in 1982 were the Scrimshaw design lighters, Presidential Lighters and Emblem Lighters. A pipe lighter was also developed.

1986: The camouflage lighter was introduced

1988: An exact reproduction of the original Zippo lighter produced in 1932 was introduced.

1990: The "Wild West" series is introduced. The Presidential Series (different from those developed in 1982) was also released.

1991: The Civil War series debuts.

1992: The beginning of the "Collectible of the Year" series, presented in a collectible tin.

1993: The Geometric Collection, Toledo Collection, Corvette Collection and Zippo Motorsports Collection were introduced.

1997: 65th Anniversary Personal Accessory Collection is launched.