• Apprentice
    8 Jan 2019, 7:43 p.m.

    Recently, 10 months after the purchase of my Portugieser Automatic, I noticed
    that the power reserve display shows hardly any power increase after 24 hours
    (wearing during the day, resting during the night). When I just bought the
    watch the power reserve display was showing a fast increase after each day of
    wearing. It seems that during wearing, the power builds up much slower than 10
    months ago.

    The first image shows the power reserve after wearing my watch during the day,
    the second image shows the power reserve the next morning (after 15.5 hours of
    rest), the third image shows the power reserve in the evening. The images show
    that after approx. 24 hours the power reserve has even decreased a bit.

    I wonder if this is normal after 10 months.

  • Connoisseur
    9 Jan 2019, 9:32 a.m.

    I think its depending how you move your wrist during work. When I am in the
    office then I work mostly on my computer and so the watch will be not wound
    much! Try to wind it up manually and I am sure it will be like on the day you
    purchased it.

  • Apprentice
    9 Jan 2019, 4:08 p.m.

    Thanks for your answer. The thing is that my work hasn't changed since the
    purchase of my IWC. Therefore I would expect it should wind with (almost) the
    same speed as 10 months ago. I'm just not used to an automatic watch that
    loses energy during wearing (that's what it does currently).

  • Master
    9 Jan 2019, 8:48 p.m.

    I'd say it's time to have it checked at an IWC service center. There might be
    a problem with the automatic winding system. When the behaviour was different
    before, it seems something is not as it should.

  • Graduate
    10 Jan 2019, 6:58 a.m.

    I agree with Tilo, I would have your watch checked.

    I personally do have two watches with the same caliber (Portugieser Autmatic
    and Big Pilot). I also work in an office with not too much wrist movement.
    Both watches gain about 1 day of power reserve during a standard office day.