You may like to look at this reported issue https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRAKB/Manage+Watchers+Failing
What does the log say when this happens?
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The logs doesn't show anything about the problem. When we add a watcher manually in "More" > "Watchers" it works normally.
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