Fine French gold verge watch by Etienne Lenoir Circa 1750

Gold open faced verge watch by Etienne Lenoir 
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A fine French 18 carat rose gold open faced verge pocket watch, circa 1750. Fire gilt brass full plate verge movement with square pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement with adjustment, plain three armed steel balance, flat balance spring, silver regulator scale with blued steel indicator, pierced and engraved gilt brass bridge cock with polished steel coqueret and ruby endstone.
White enamel dial with Roman numerals, outer minute track and outermost large Arabic five-minute numerals, winding aperture at four o’clock and original gold hands. . Movement signed.
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Diameter: 46 mm
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Weight: 63 g
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Signed: Etienne Lenoir à Paris
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Étienne LeNoir also known as Lenoir and Le Noir (1699-1778), was a French maker and descendant of a watchmaking family based in Paris since the 16th century. Lenoir became a master in 1717 and was one of the most important makers of his time, he gained his reputation, not from his own inventions but from his ability to run a well-organized business that produced large numbers of timepieces of consistent high quality. His son Pierre Étienne LeNoir also signed his work with the high profile signature of his father. The workshop existed until the 1820s. Many of Lenoir’s timepieces are today owned by important museums such as the Münchner Residenz, Schloss Wilhelmsthal in Calden, the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg and the J. Paul Getty Museum in Malibu.

In very good condition.
Winding aperture chipped.
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Reference 0018000