He later considered the expedition a living hell, and more difficult than any of his exploits during the mountains. However Messner is very best known for wearing Rolex watches for many of his alpine expeditions (like an Oysterquartz for your 1980 solo summit), for the "Würth-Antarktis-Transversale" he selected an Omega https://www.watchesworld.com/frozen-in-time-luxury-watches-for-winter/