LEPINE - L'EPINE, WATCHMAKER TO THE KING, VERGA POCKET WATCH, FRANCE CIRCA 1750 yellow gold case 42 mm in diameter, decorated in the bezel and case middle with soleil motifs, the back decorated with a musical theme, white enamel dial with Roman numerals for the hours, Arabic numerals in 5 for the minutes, signed L'Epine, horloger du Roy, in Paris, restoration in the winding hole, openworked gold hands, movement with verge escapement, signed L'Epine horloger du Roy. Weight 63.3 g. Watch currently in working order, with modern winding key. LEPINE ; L'EPINE, HORLOGER DU ROY, A VERGE GOLD POCKET WATCH, FRANCE CIRCA 1750 Jean-Antoine Lépine (Challex 18.11.1720 ; Paris 31.05.1814) was an important French watchmaker. He contributed inventions that are still used in watchmaking today and was among the best French watchmakers, who were contemporary world leaders in the field.