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