diff --git a/controllers/clustercache/cluster_accessor.go b/controllers/clustercache/cluster_accessor.go
index 1e304d7c28be..ff24b0d6e1e2 100644
--- a/controllers/clustercache/cluster_accessor.go
+++ b/controllers/clustercache/cluster_accessor.go
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import (
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/cache"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/source"
 
 	"sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/util/certs"
 )
@@ -407,16 +406,16 @@ func (ca *clusterAccessor) GetClientCertificatePrivateKey(ctx context.Context) *
 }
 
 // Watch watches a workload cluster for events.
-// Each unique watch (by input.Name) is only added once after a Connect (otherwise we return early).
+// Each unique watch (by watcher.Name()) is only added once after a Connect (otherwise we return early).
 // During a disconnect existing watches (i.e. informers) are shutdown when stopping the cache.
 // After a re-connect watches will be re-added (assuming the Watch method is called again).
-func (ca *clusterAccessor) Watch(ctx context.Context, input WatchInput) error {
-	if input.Name == "" {
-		return errors.New("input.Name is required")
+func (ca *clusterAccessor) Watch(ctx context.Context, watcher Watcher) error {
+	if watcher.Name() == "" {
+		return errors.New("watcher.Name() cannot be empty")
 	}
 
 	if !ca.Connected(ctx) {
-		return errors.Wrapf(ErrClusterNotConnected, "error creating watch %s for %T", input.Name, input.Kind)
+		return errors.Wrapf(ErrClusterNotConnected, "error creating watch %s for %T", watcher.Name(), watcher.Object())
 	}
 
 	log := ctrl.LoggerFrom(ctx)
@@ -429,21 +428,21 @@ func (ca *clusterAccessor) Watch(ctx context.Context, input WatchInput) error {
 
 	// Checking connection again while holding the lock, because maybe Disconnect was called since checking above.
 	if ca.lockedState.connection == nil {
-		return errors.Wrapf(ErrClusterNotConnected, "error creating watch %s for %T", input.Name, input.Kind)
+		return errors.Wrapf(ErrClusterNotConnected, "error creating watch %s for %T", watcher.Name(), watcher.Object())
 	}
 
 	// Return early if the watch was already added.
-	if ca.lockedState.connection.watches.Has(input.Name) {
-		log.V(6).Info(fmt.Sprintf("Skip creation of watch %s for %T because it already exists", input.Name, input.Kind))
+	if ca.lockedState.connection.watches.Has(watcher.Name()) {
+		log.V(6).Info(fmt.Sprintf("Skip creation of watch %s for %T because it already exists", watcher.Name(), watcher.Object()))
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Creating watch %s for %T", input.Name, input.Kind))
-	if err := input.Watcher.Watch(source.Kind(ca.lockedState.connection.cache, input.Kind, input.EventHandler, input.Predicates...)); err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrapf(err, "error creating watch %s for %T", input.Name, input.Kind)
+	log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Creating watch %s for %T", watcher.Name(), watcher.Object()))
+	if err := watcher.Watch(ca.lockedState.connection.cache); err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrapf(err, "error creating watch %s for %T", watcher.Name(), watcher.Object())
 	}
 
-	ca.lockedState.connection.watches.Insert(input.Name)
+	ca.lockedState.connection.watches.Insert(watcher.Name())
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/controllers/clustercache/cluster_accessor_test.go b/controllers/clustercache/cluster_accessor_test.go
index 0a8cef6d9754..4e48df37cd0d 100644
--- a/controllers/clustercache/cluster_accessor_test.go
+++ b/controllers/clustercache/cluster_accessor_test.go
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ func TestWatch(t *testing.T) {
 	accessor := newClusterAccessor(clusterKey, config)
 
 	tw := &testWatcher{}
-	wi := WatchInput{
+	wi := WatcherOptions{
 		Name:         "test-watch",
 		Watcher:      tw,
 		Kind:         &corev1.Node{},
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ func TestWatch(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// Add watch when not connected (fails)
-	err := accessor.Watch(ctx, wi)
+	err := accessor.Watch(ctx, NewWatcher(wi))
 	g.Expect(err).To(HaveOccurred())
 	g.Expect(errors.Is(err, ErrClusterNotConnected)).To(BeTrue())
 
@@ -346,12 +346,12 @@ func TestWatch(t *testing.T) {
 	g.Expect(accessor.lockedState.connection.watches).To(BeEmpty())
 
 	// Add watch
-	g.Expect(accessor.Watch(ctx, wi)).To(Succeed())
+	g.Expect(accessor.Watch(ctx, NewWatcher(wi))).To(Succeed())
 	g.Expect(accessor.lockedState.connection.watches.Has("test-watch")).To(BeTrue())
 	g.Expect(accessor.lockedState.connection.watches.Len()).To(Equal(1))
 
 	// Add watch again (no-op as watch already exists)
-	g.Expect(accessor.Watch(ctx, wi)).To(Succeed())
+	g.Expect(accessor.Watch(ctx, NewWatcher(wi))).To(Succeed())
 	g.Expect(accessor.lockedState.connection.watches.Has("test-watch")).To(BeTrue())
 	g.Expect(accessor.lockedState.connection.watches.Len()).To(Equal(1))
 
diff --git a/controllers/clustercache/cluster_cache.go b/controllers/clustercache/cluster_cache.go
index ddb59532ee67..f907e252569d 100644
--- a/controllers/clustercache/cluster_cache.go
+++ b/controllers/clustercache/cluster_cache.go
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ type ClusterCache interface {
 	// During a disconnect existing watches (i.e. informers) are shutdown when stopping the cache.
 	// After a re-connect watches will be re-added (assuming the Watch method is called again).
 	// If there is no connection to the workload cluster ErrClusterNotConnected will be returned.
-	Watch(ctx context.Context, cluster client.ObjectKey, input WatchInput) error
+	Watch(ctx context.Context, cluster client.ObjectKey, watcher Watcher) error
 
 	// GetLastProbeSuccessTimestamp returns the time when the health probe was successfully executed last.
 	GetLastProbeSuccessTimestamp(ctx context.Context, cluster client.ObjectKey) time.Time
@@ -169,17 +169,29 @@ type ClusterCache interface {
 // because there is no connection to the workload cluster.
 var ErrClusterNotConnected = errors.New("connection to the workload cluster is down")
 
-// Watcher is a scoped-down interface from Controller that only has the Watch func.
+// Watcher is an interface that can start a Watch.
 type Watcher interface {
-	// Watch watches the provided Source.
-	Watch(src source.Source) error
+	Name() string
+	Object() client.Object
+	Watch(cache cache.Cache) error
 }
 
-// WatchInput specifies the parameters used to establish a new watch for a workload cluster.
-// A source.Kind source (configured with Kind, EventHandler and Predicates) will be added to the Watcher.
-// To watch for events, the source.Kind will create an informer on the Cache that we have created and cached
+// SourceWatcher is a scoped-down interface from Controller that only has the Watch func.
+type SourceWatcher[request comparable] interface {
+	Watch(src source.TypedSource[request]) error
+}
+
+// WatcherOptions specifies the parameters used to establish a new watch for a workload cluster.
+// A source.TypedKind source (configured with Kind, TypedEventHandler and Predicates) will be added to the Watcher.
+// To watch for events, the source.TypedKind will create an informer on the Cache that we have created and cached
+// for the given Cluster.
+type WatcherOptions = TypedWatcherOptions[client.Object, ctrl.Request]
+
+// TypedWatcherOptions specifies the parameters used to establish a new watch for a workload cluster.
+// A source.TypedKind source (configured with Kind, TypedEventHandler and Predicates) will be added to the Watcher.
+// To watch for events, the source.TypedKind will create an informer on the Cache that we have created and cached
 // for the given Cluster.
-type WatchInput struct {
+type TypedWatcherOptions[object client.Object, request comparable] struct {
 	// Name represents a unique Watch request for the specified Cluster.
 	// The name is used to track that a specific watch is only added once to a cache.
 	// After a connection (and thus also the cache) has been re-created, watches have to be added
@@ -187,16 +199,44 @@ type WatchInput struct {
 	Name string
 
 	// Watcher is the watcher (controller) whose Reconcile() function will be called for events.
-	Watcher Watcher
+	Watcher SourceWatcher[request]
 
 	// Kind is the type of resource to watch.
-	Kind client.Object
+	Kind object
 
 	// EventHandler contains the event handlers to invoke for resource events.
-	EventHandler handler.EventHandler
+	EventHandler handler.TypedEventHandler[object, request]
 
 	// Predicates is used to filter resource events.
-	Predicates []predicate.Predicate
+	Predicates []predicate.TypedPredicate[object]
+}
+
+// NewWatcher creates a Watcher for the workload cluster.
+// A source.TypedKind source (configured with Kind, TypedEventHandler and Predicates) will be added to the SourceWatcher.
+// To watch for events, the source.TypedKind will create an informer on the Cache that we have created and cached
+// for the given Cluster.
+func NewWatcher[object client.Object, request comparable](options TypedWatcherOptions[object, request]) Watcher {
+	return &watcher[object, request]{
+		name:         options.Name,
+		kind:         options.Kind,
+		eventHandler: options.EventHandler,
+		predicates:   options.Predicates,
+		watcher:      options.Watcher,
+	}
+}
+
+type watcher[object client.Object, request comparable] struct {
+	name         string
+	kind         object
+	eventHandler handler.TypedEventHandler[object, request]
+	predicates   []predicate.TypedPredicate[object]
+	watcher      SourceWatcher[request]
+}
+
+func (tw *watcher[object, request]) Name() string          { return tw.name }
+func (tw *watcher[object, request]) Object() client.Object { return tw.kind }
+func (tw *watcher[object, request]) Watch(cache cache.Cache) error {
+	return tw.watcher.Watch(source.TypedKind[object, request](cache, tw.kind, tw.eventHandler, tw.predicates...))
 }
 
 // GetClusterSourceOption is an option that modifies GetClusterSourceOptions for a GetClusterSource call.
@@ -342,12 +382,12 @@ func (cc *clusterCache) GetClientCertificatePrivateKey(ctx context.Context, clus
 	return accessor.GetClientCertificatePrivateKey(ctx), nil
 }
 
-func (cc *clusterCache) Watch(ctx context.Context, cluster client.ObjectKey, input WatchInput) error {
+func (cc *clusterCache) Watch(ctx context.Context, cluster client.ObjectKey, watcher Watcher) error {
 	accessor := cc.getClusterAccessor(cluster)
 	if accessor == nil {
-		return errors.Wrapf(ErrClusterNotConnected, "error creating watch %s for %T", input.Name, input.Kind)
+		return errors.Wrapf(ErrClusterNotConnected, "error creating watch %s for %T", watcher.Name(), watcher.Object())
 	}
-	return accessor.Watch(ctx, input)
+	return accessor.Watch(ctx, watcher)
 }
 
 func (cc *clusterCache) GetLastProbeSuccessTimestamp(ctx context.Context, cluster client.ObjectKey) time.Time {
diff --git a/exp/internal/controllers/machinepool_controller.go b/exp/internal/controllers/machinepool_controller.go
index ee956dc0d7f2..74e7c603b334 100644
--- a/exp/internal/controllers/machinepool_controller.go
+++ b/exp/internal/controllers/machinepool_controller.go
@@ -371,12 +371,12 @@ func (r *MachinePoolReconciler) watchClusterNodes(ctx context.Context, cluster *
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	return r.ClusterCache.Watch(ctx, util.ObjectKey(cluster), clustercache.WatchInput{
+	return r.ClusterCache.Watch(ctx, util.ObjectKey(cluster), clustercache.NewWatcher(clustercache.WatcherOptions{
 		Name:         "machinepool-watchNodes",
 		Watcher:      r.controller,
 		Kind:         &corev1.Node{},
 		EventHandler: handler.EnqueueRequestsFromMapFunc(r.nodeToMachinePool),
-	})
+	}))
 }
 
 func (r *MachinePoolReconciler) nodeToMachinePool(ctx context.Context, o client.Object) []reconcile.Request {
diff --git a/internal/controllers/machine/machine_controller.go b/internal/controllers/machine/machine_controller.go
index afe1371480f1..af74152c4c3a 100644
--- a/internal/controllers/machine/machine_controller.go
+++ b/internal/controllers/machine/machine_controller.go
@@ -1051,12 +1051,12 @@ func (r *Reconciler) watchClusterNodes(ctx context.Context, cluster *clusterv1.C
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	return r.ClusterCache.Watch(ctx, util.ObjectKey(cluster), clustercache.WatchInput{
+	return r.ClusterCache.Watch(ctx, util.ObjectKey(cluster), clustercache.NewWatcher(clustercache.WatcherOptions{
 		Name:         "machine-watchNodes",
 		Watcher:      r.controller,
 		Kind:         &corev1.Node{},
 		EventHandler: handler.EnqueueRequestsFromMapFunc(r.nodeToMachine),
-	})
+	}))
 }
 
 func (r *Reconciler) nodeToMachine(ctx context.Context, o client.Object) []reconcile.Request {
diff --git a/internal/controllers/machine/machine_controller_noderef_test.go b/internal/controllers/machine/machine_controller_noderef_test.go
index c568cf35d03c..ca4f4ce7b92c 100644
--- a/internal/controllers/machine/machine_controller_noderef_test.go
+++ b/internal/controllers/machine/machine_controller_noderef_test.go
@@ -351,14 +351,14 @@ func TestGetNode(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Retry because the ClusterCache might not have immediately created the clusterAccessor.
 	g.Eventually(func(g Gomega) {
-		g.Expect(clusterCache.Watch(ctx, util.ObjectKey(testCluster), clustercache.WatchInput{
+		g.Expect(clusterCache.Watch(ctx, util.ObjectKey(testCluster), clustercache.NewWatcher(clustercache.WatcherOptions{
 			Name:    "TestGetNode",
 			Watcher: w,
 			Kind:    &corev1.Node{},
 			EventHandler: handler.EnqueueRequestsFromMapFunc(func(context.Context, client.Object) []reconcile.Request {
 				return nil
 			}),
-		})).To(Succeed())
+		}))).To(Succeed())
 	}, 1*time.Minute, 5*time.Second).Should(Succeed())
 
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
diff --git a/internal/controllers/machinehealthcheck/machinehealthcheck_controller.go b/internal/controllers/machinehealthcheck/machinehealthcheck_controller.go
index 6e2c135037c5..968ad03484aa 100644
--- a/internal/controllers/machinehealthcheck/machinehealthcheck_controller.go
+++ b/internal/controllers/machinehealthcheck/machinehealthcheck_controller.go
@@ -612,12 +612,12 @@ func (r *Reconciler) nodeToMachineHealthCheck(ctx context.Context, o client.Obje
 }
 
 func (r *Reconciler) watchClusterNodes(ctx context.Context, cluster *clusterv1.Cluster) error {
-	return r.ClusterCache.Watch(ctx, util.ObjectKey(cluster), clustercache.WatchInput{
+	return r.ClusterCache.Watch(ctx, util.ObjectKey(cluster), clustercache.NewWatcher(clustercache.WatcherOptions{
 		Name:         "machinehealthcheck-watchClusterNodes",
 		Watcher:      r.controller,
 		Kind:         &corev1.Node{},
 		EventHandler: handler.EnqueueRequestsFromMapFunc(r.nodeToMachineHealthCheck),
-	})
+	}))
 }
 
 // getMachineFromNode retrieves the machine with a nodeRef to nodeName