He later on considered the expedition a dwelling hell, and tougher than any of his exploits during the mountains. Even though Messner is very best noted for putting on Rolex watches for many of his alpine expeditions (including 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/