diff --git a/src/models/events.rs b/src/models/events.rs
index 0b623a95..c052f02c 100644
--- a/src/models/events.rs
+++ b/src/models/events.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use self::payload::{
     CommitCommentEventPayload, CreateEventPayload, DeleteEventPayload, EventPayload,
     ForkEventPayload, GollumEventPayload, IssueCommentEventPayload, IssuesEventPayload,
     PullRequestEventPayload, PullRequestReviewCommentEventPayload, PullRequestReviewEventPayload,
-    PushEventPayload, WorkflowRunEventPayload, WrappedEventPayload,
+    PushEventPayload, WatchEventPayload, WorkflowRunEventPayload, WrappedEventPayload,
 };
 use super::{ActorId, OrgId, RepositoryId};
 use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ event_type! {
     (PullRequestEvent, PullRequestEventPayload),
     (PullRequestReviewEvent, PullRequestReviewEventPayload),
     (PullRequestReviewCommentEvent, PullRequestReviewCommentEventPayload),
+    (WatchEvent, WatchEventPayload),
     (WorkflowRunEvent, WorkflowRunEventPayload)
 }
 
@@ -275,6 +276,13 @@ mod test {
         assert_eq!(event.r#type, EventType::MemberEvent);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn should_deserialize_watch_event() {
+        let json = include_str!("../../tests/resources/watch_event.json");
+        let event: Event = serde_json::from_str(json).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(event.r#type, EventType::WatchEvent);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn should_deserialize_with_org_when_present() {
         let json = include_str!("../../tests/resources/create_event.json");
@@ -359,6 +367,10 @@ mod test {
                 "CommitCommentEvent",
                 include_str!("../../tests/resources/commit_comment_event.json"),
             ),
+            (
+                "WatchEvent",
+                include_str!("../../tests/resources/watch_event.json"),
+            ),
             (
                 "WorkflowRunEvent",
                 include_str!("../../tests/resources/workflow_run_event.json"),
diff --git a/src/models/events/payload.rs b/src/models/events/payload.rs
index 58f2d8a2..8b29c6ee 100644
--- a/src/models/events/payload.rs
+++ b/src/models/events/payload.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ mod pull_request;
 mod pull_request_review;
 mod pull_request_review_comment;
 mod push;
+mod watch;
 mod workflow_run;
 
 pub use commit_comment::*;
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ pub use pull_request::*;
 pub use pull_request_review::*;
 pub use pull_request_review_comment::*;
 pub use push::*;
+pub use watch::*;
 pub use workflow_run::*;
 
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -89,6 +91,7 @@ pub enum EventPayload {
     PullRequestEvent(Box<PullRequestEventPayload>),
     PullRequestReviewEvent(Box<PullRequestReviewEventPayload>),
     PullRequestReviewCommentEvent(Box<PullRequestReviewCommentEventPayload>),
+    WatchEvent(Box<WatchEventPayload>),
     WorkflowRunEvent(Box<WorkflowRunEventPayload>),
     UnknownEvent(Box<serde_json::Value>),
 }
@@ -170,6 +173,7 @@ mod tests {
             | EventPayload::PullRequestReviewEvent(_)
             | EventPayload::PullRequestReviewCommentEvent(_)
             | EventPayload::WorkflowRunEvent(_)
+            | EventPayload::WatchEvent(_)
             | EventPayload::UnknownEvent(_) => {
                 panic!("Expected an installation event, got {:?}", specific)
             }
diff --git a/src/models/events/payload/watch.rs b/src/models/events/payload/watch.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d5a48623
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/models/events/payload/watch.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+/// The payload in a [`super::EventPayload::WatchEvent`] type.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[non_exhaustive]
+pub struct WatchEventPayload {
+    /// The action that was performed.
+    pub action: WatchEventAction,
+}
+
+/// The action that was performed as part of the [`super::EventPayload::WatchEvent`].
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "snake_case")]
+#[non_exhaustive]
+pub enum WatchEventAction {
+    Started,
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use crate::models::events::{
+        payload::{EventPayload, WatchEventAction},
+        Event,
+    };
+
+    #[test]
+    fn should_deserialize_with_correct_payload() {
+        let json = include_str!("../../../../tests/resources/watch_event.json");
+        let event: Event = serde_json::from_str(json).unwrap();
+        if let Some(EventPayload::WatchEvent(ref payload)) =
+            event.payload.as_ref().unwrap().specific
+        {
+            assert_eq!(payload.action, WatchEventAction::Started);
+        } else {
+            panic!("unexpected event payload encountered: {:#?}", event.payload);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/resources/watch_event.json b/tests/resources/watch_event.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9037c254
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/resources/watch_event.json
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+    "id": "31123637655",
+    "type": "WatchEvent",
+    "actor": {
+        "id": 94867353,
+        "login": "octocat",
+        "display_login": "octocat",
+        "gravatar_id": "",
+        "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
+        "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/94867353?v=4"
+    },
+    "repo": {
+        "id": 316335970,
+        "name": "wayofthepie/test-events",
+        "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/wayofthepie/test-events"
+    },
+    "public": true,
+    "created_at": "2023-10-01T07:54:09Z",
+    "payload": {
+        "action": "started"
+    }
+}
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