Vacheron Constantin

I have been trying to determine the age and model of this watch. It was part of my brother-in-law's collection. When he passed away a fews years ago it came into our possession. After many hours of searching the web I see some similarities to a "cioccolat...  

this watch case by Italians (shaped like a piece of chocolate). I may be wrong but I think any watch with this case could have the term applied. The original Toledo has this case, as does the new one. Regardless of what it is called you have a beautiful w...  

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 ... 

Thanks for the post, much appreciated. So this watch is not from the 50's but some time later?

There is a clue that your watch is not from the 1950s to be found in my avitar...