According to historical records and existing cultural relics, it can be proved that the Qing Dynasty really had the ability to produce pocket watches, but there were few physical objects, probably because pocket watches at that time were mainly used as luxury goods rather than daily necessities, so they were not well preserved.

According to the archives of the Qing dynasty, the clocks and watches made by the Qing court are called "imperial watches" or "chimes", and there are many small pocket watches. According to "Grand View of unofficial history in Qing Dynasty", Emperor Qianlong once gave his favorite, Xiao Shenyang, a homemade gold pocket watch, which shows the ability and level of the court at that time.

In addition, there are some self-made clocks and watches among the existing Qing cultural relics, such as "pocket watch with silver shell and enamel inlaid gems" and "pocket watch with copper gold-plated shell and literal splint movement" collected by the Palace Museum in Beijing. These cultural relics prove that the Qing Dynasty really had the ability to produce its own pocket watches.

In short, although there are few existing physical objects, according to historical records and existing cultural relics, it can be proved that the Qing Dynasty was able to produce pocket watches by itself.