He later on considered the expedition a residing hell, and tougher than any of his exploits in the mountains. Although Messner is very best known for putting on Rolex watches for many of his alpine expeditions (for example an Oysterquartz to the 1980 solo summit), for the "Würth-Antarktis-Transversale" he selected https://www.watchesworld.com/frozen-in-time-luxury-watches-for-winter/