Edin Dzeko — watch collection

About Edin Dzeko’s watch collection

Edin Dzeko is one of the most decorated strikers of his generation. Born in Sarajevo in 1986, the Bosnian forward built a career across Europe's biggest clubs, moving from FK Željezničar through Wolfsburg — where he won the Bundesliga in 2009 — to Manchester City, where he claimed two Premier League titles and scored 72 goals in all competitions. He later became a Serie A force at AS Roma and Inter Milan before extending his career in Turkey with Fenerbahçe. He is Bosnia and Herzegovina's all-time leading scorer and one of the few strikers of his era to sustain elite output across multiple leagues and decades.

The Edin Dzeko watch collection, as far as public sightings go, is anchored firmly in Rolex. He was photographed wearing a Rolex Cosmograph Daytona ref. 116520 around the time his £14 million transfer from Manchester City to AS Roma was confirmed. The 116520 is a 40mm stainless steel chronograph powered by Rolex's in-house calibre 4130, which the manufacture introduced at Baselworld 2000 to replace the outsourced Zenith El Primero-based movement used in earlier Daytonas. Stainless steel Daytonas of this generation have become genuinely hard to source on the secondary market, making his choice a substantive one rather than a casual purchase.

The decision to wear a steel-cased Daytona rather than a more overtly flashy precious metal option says something about Dzeko's approach. Professional footballers frequently gravitate toward yellow gold or diamond-set references, but the 116520 sits closer to the tool-watch tradition the Daytona was originally designed for. With only one confirmed sighting in our database, the full scope of his collection remains largely private — but what is on record points to a considered and restrained relationship with horology.