Zakaria Aboukhlal Watch Collection - Every Watch He's Been Spotted Wearing
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Introduction to Zakaria Aboukhlal
Zakaria Aboukhlal is a Moroccan professional footballer born in 2000 who plays as a winger for Toulouse FC in Ligue 1 and the Moroccan national team. He rose to widespread international attention during the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, where Morocco became the first African and Arab nation to reach a World Cup semi-final. Aboukhlal played a role in that historic campaign, which included famous victories over Spain and Portugal before the Atlas Lions fell to eventual champions France at the semi-final stage. Prior to that breakthrough moment, he had established himself in French football after coming through the youth ranks at AZ Alkmaar and making his senior career in the Netherlands before moving to Toulouse.
The Zakaria Aboukhlal watch collection, as documented so far, centres on Rolex. At the close of Morocco's 2022 World Cup campaign, Aboukhlal was spotted wearing the Rolex Daytona reference 116500LN in Oystersteel with a black dial and black ceramic Cerachrom bezel. Rolex introduced the 116500LN at Baselworld 2016, marking the first time the Daytona had been fitted with a ceramic bezel. The combination of the Oystersteel case with the all-black Cerachrom bezel became one of the most sought-after references in modern Rolex production, carrying a long waiting list at authorised dealers for several years after its release.
Choosing the black-dial 116500LN at a moment as charged as a World Cup semi-final exit says something concrete about Aboukhlal's taste — it is a no-fuss, sport-oriented reference that carries serious collector credibility without leaning into flashier territory. At just over 40mm in Oystersteel, the Daytona Chronograph wears accessibly on younger wrists and sits well within the broader culture of footballers who treat Rolex as a benchmark rather than a starting point.
Zakaria Aboukhlal Spotted Wearing Rolex Daytona Reference 116500LN
Inserted 30/12/2022
The Rolex Daytona 116500LN replaced the legendary ceramic-free 116520 in 2016 and promptly became one of the most waitlisted watches on the planet — a status it has never surrendered. Moroccan winger Zakaria Aboukhlal was photographed wearing the steel Daytona with black dial during the aftermath of Morocco's historic 2022 FIFA World Cup campaign, in which the Atlas Lions became the first African and Arab nation to reach the semi-finals. A fitting wrist companion for a landmark sporting moment.
