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the crystal should be a 32.768kHz your post said 32.678KHz but I guess that was a typo
the device is sensitive to crystal load capacitance which should be about 12.5pF (I seem to remember having to change some crystals due to this causing problems)
however, I would not expect is to drift significantly within a few hours - how much is your drift?
10 seconds per day sounds like a frequency error in the RTC oscillator. For some reason the crystal frequency is very slightly low. I would guess either the crystal is out of tolerance or you have not carefully followed the manufacturers board layout and the extra inductance and capacitance at the crystal connections is pulling the frequency.
I didnt used any capacitor for the crystal connection.
I found one post in engineers garage in that they connected 12.5pf capacitors to the crystal oscillator.
Looking at your schematic I presume that the power supply to the RTC is 5v and the backup is 3v (not 12 as shown)?
You don't need external load capacitors but you have to make sure that the load capacitance of your crystal is 12.5pF - what is the load of your crystal. Where did you get your crystal from, those on E-bay are low quality and have quite high tolerances i.e. ppm.
If you used a 12.5pF crystal with an accuracy of 40ppm, you will have an error of about 4-5 sec a day. If the load capacitance of the crystal is different you can easily get to 10 sec a day.
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