Vacheron Constantin

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Case size and shape

The term "cioccolatone" was originally applied in 1952 by the Italian press to the triple-date and moon phases watch with the distinctive shape (Ref. 4764 with cal. 485, then 495) .  Simple, time-only version followed with manual (Ref. 4822, cal. 454) and automatic movements (Ref. 4737 with cal. 499, then 1019 and Ref. 6440 with cal. 1071).  What appears to characterize these original cioccolatone models was the stepped, curved and flared "carre galbe" case shape and size of 36mm wide x 43mm lug-to-lug.

So to answer your question, your timepiece is an hommage to the original from the Les Historiques collection, as was the Toledo 1952.  Because the term "cioccolatone" was given by the media, and not the factory, there are no official rules - just what the collector's community has come to accept as convention.  It compares in terms of shape, but not period or possibly size.