He later on deemed the expedition a living hell, and more challenging than any of his exploits inside the mountains. Although Messner is very best noted for donning Rolex watches for many of his alpine expeditions (which include an Oysterquartz for the 1980 solo summit), for the "Würth-Antarktis-Transversale" he chose https://www.watchesworld.com/frozen-in-time-luxury-watches-for-winter/