You’re about to get roasted if the post doesn’t get deleted first! - qc is for you, all reps have some flaws, the only watches that don’t are gen, and even then it’s arguable that they still do.
Its up to you to spend the time learning about what watches you like and what the common flaws in particular factory reps are. There is a collective knowledge in these forums that is quite often way beyond any purely gen community. But we all began our obsession with watches by going deep into every subtle nuance of the models and brands that interest us. No one can decide if the qc is acceptable or not as we all have different expectations. Others can’t decide that for you. If you just want to make sure you don’t get called out so you can flex a fancy watch choose anything from a td, as no one really ever notices your watch anyway
there are a number of stickys on qc that are worth reading