Icons: The Rolex Military Submariner

In the 1970s, Rolex provided a specially designed watch to the British Ministry of Defence for issue to the Royal Navy's clearance divers. The watch, now affectionately referred to as the Milsub, was a modified Rolex Submariner designed to meet the MOD purchasing specification and to improve on the current Omega 300. There is no watch more iconic than the Milsub.

Reconnaissance #4: The Sunday Edition

Every Sunday, Courage & Progress delivers a curated roundup of the past weeks best links. Here's this week's Reconnaissance.

> Lauren Engel Down Under - C-Heads

> What It Feels Like to Run Across the Sahara - Bloomberg

> Overnight at the Most Expensive Alpine Lodge in NZ - Gear Patrol

> Rapha's Journey Through the Tasmanian Countryside - Selectism

> Four Simple Cocktails for Spring - Cool Hunting

- Take courage. Make Progress.

Quartermaster: This Week in Supplies

On Mondays, Courage and Progress drops a fresh batch of supplies for you to pick up. Here’s this weeks Quartermaster.

Blood on the Tracks: An Introspection

In the darkest places the most beautiful things can grow. This is especially true of Bob Dylan's acrimonious relationship with his wife, Sara. Their eventual seperation led to what has become, arguably, the greatest studio album of all time. There are no lyrics so bitter and recriminatory as those that feature on the 1975 album Blood On the Tracks.

Reconnaissance #3: The Sunday Edition

Every Sunday, Courage & Progress delivers a curated roundup of the past weeks best links. Here's this week's Reconnaissance.

> Surviving the Infamous British North Greenland Expedition - Selectism

> The Photography of Matthew Vin - Matthew Vin Pictures

> See the 2015 Ural CT - Ural Motorcycles 

> Living Vicariously Through Other People’s Junk - A Continuous Lean

> Kayaking the Milford Sound - Gear Patrol

> Travelling Kashmir's Heroin Highway - Roads and Kingdoms

Hell and High Water: Gallipoli 100 Years On

It was just before dawn on April 24th 1915 when troops from the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) waded ashore on Gaba Tepe beach to begin an eight-month ordeal that would test them to their very limits.

Five Summer Ales

 

The warmer weather is right around the bend. Enjoy one these five pale summer ales from Courage and Progress' favourite breweries.