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In Gleanings 87, Baha'u'llah speaks of Syriac as being an older language that preceded Abraham, whereas modern linguistics recognize it as a later dialect of Aramaic that developed after Hebrew. Another poster asked about this, and I have pasted my response below. I wanted to include the image above and didn't see how to do that in a response, so I just created a new post.

My understanding is that, in the sacred writings, some things are taken from a macro-perspective overarching large periods of time. The language in question appears to be some sort of ancient proto-Aramaic or proto-Semitic. There is no known name for this language, but Baha'u'llah identifies it with one of its much later descendants, Syriac, as being in a direct line.

Think of it like this: The parent language has many children, and here Baha'u'llah designates one of them, Aramaic or Syriac, as the "heir" to carry the family name. Inversely, the anonymous ancestor language is in turn referred to by the currently known name of its successor. From a scientific, linguistic perspective this may appear anachronistic, but in a religious context this sort of identification connects languages and entire communities with a long-reaching spiritual heritage.

Moreover, in Gleanings 87, Abraham stands at a crossroads in linguistic and prophetic history. The proto-Hebraic language spoken by Abraham and His descendants is identified as Hebrew, because it is the ancestor of the language of the Torah, in a direct line linguistically and spiritually.
Ismail, as the father of the Arabs, represents the roots of some sort of proto-Arabic that later evolved into Arabic.

"Syriac" here indicates in a broad macro-perspective sense the language of greater Syria. Aramaic is the direct successor to proto-Semitic that did not branch off to become the language of revelation to the Jews or Arabs. Syriac is the form of Aramaic regarded as the successor of this tradition. It is also the form of Aramaic that became most closely associated with Middle-Eastern Christianity.
To put it differently, ancient languages are seen as being an embryonic form of later developments and are already referred to at a very early stage by the name of what they would evolve into.

Hello Nomos fans!

I have three Nomos handwinders: a Ludwig 35, a Tangente Sport 501 and a Club 701.
The Ludwig is always a joy to wind, buttery smooth.

The Tangente Sport 501 has a little more resistance in winding than the Ludwig, but is still pretty smooth.

The Club 701, however, is significantly harder to wind. I often end up winding it with a small cloth to get a better grip. It keeps time very well (it's no less accurate than the other two watches), and winding it is okay, just not the same experience as the Ludwig or even the Sport 501, even though the latter has 10 ATM like the Club.

Is this normal or does it suggest that my Club needs servicing?

Does anyone have experience with comparing these models or similar ones?

Thanks!