Sophisticated French gold and enamel verge watch Circa 1780

Verge with à trois couleurs ornamentation and enamel medallion
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A charming French rose gold verge pocket watch with à trois couleurs gold ornamentation and polychrome enamel medallion, circa 1780. Full plate movement, chain/fusee, three armed brass balance. White enamel dial with Roman hours and Arabic minutes, decorative gold hands. The case back decorated with an oval medallion showing the miniature portrait of a young female in a yellow and blue dress with lace collar and blue ribbon in her hair, framed by a circle of paste stones and a wide border of applied two colour gold flowers. Movement signed.
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Diameter: 37 mm
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Weight: 40 g
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Signed: L’Epine à Paris