VAER C5 Quartz Second Hand Aligment, Am I Expecting To Much?

I received a response from VAER this afternoon and it was as I expected it would be. It is what it is.

Regarding second hand alignment, variance for hand assembled quartz watches is completely normal. You'll even find second hand alignment to be varied on "luxury" watches like Tag, Omega, and Tissot. This is normal and is due to the play required for proper working of the movement gear train.
In choosing our watch design and our assembly team, this was an aspect that we researched quite a bit, and is a common characteristic of quartz movement watches - though it has absolutely nothing to do with timekeeping precision, which we do guarantee. We actually wrote up an awesome article in our journal specifically about this topic if you're interested in reading more. https://www.vaerwatches.com/blogs/journal/watch-second-hand-not-aligned

A lot of eBay sellers seem to think that if they show watch parts being held in tweezers, it lets people know that they are professional watchmakers.

I checked the second hands of my Citizen Eco Drive Chronograph and found the sub seconds hand has no visible error at all while the stop watch hand shows a very slight variation at different sections of the dial. The stop watch hand sits a bit high from the dial so there no way you can tell at a glance due to shifting angle of sight. You'd have to study it while its perfectly flat in relation to your eye.