My issue is, the watch winds just fine automatically when I wear it, but it doesn't seem to gain much power when I manual wind the crown (seems to get less than 8 hours). Is that just the nature of this movement, or might something be wrong (including my technique)? I wind it by turning the crown toward the top as I look at the face. I turns so smoothly I wonder if this is incorrect.

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

Jim