Not sure how many rep watches you have bought, I have bought many. Never had an issue with the date change stalling the movement. Most issues were with loose hands or crappy bracelets. Many of the watches were bought before they had these QC pics. The QC pics are a good thing but not when they try to blame the courier and absolve themselves of liability.
Quote from the dealer
"As we also send calibration photos of watch, any DOA (Dead on Arrival) issues should be mostly the courier service handling and not us. If there are such DOA issues, we will require you to send back the item for exchange or repair by the factory (Delivery charges to be borne by the customer)."
Anyway some people like throwing money away on return shipping, I am not one of them.
This "Trusted dealer" has lost my business.