diff --git a/packages/reactivity/src/index.ts b/packages/reactivity/src/index.ts
index f0445e87da0..20e0135c49a 100644
--- a/packages/reactivity/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/reactivity/src/index.ts
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ export {
   traverse,
   onWatcherCleanup,
   WatchErrorCodes,
+  type MultiWatchSources,
   type WatchOptions,
   type WatchScheduler,
   type WatchStopHandle,
diff --git a/packages/reactivity/src/watch.ts b/packages/reactivity/src/watch.ts
index 648e6481b18..a2fa861e937 100644
--- a/packages/reactivity/src/watch.ts
+++ b/packages/reactivity/src/watch.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import {
   pauseTracking,
   resetTracking,
 } from './effect'
-import { isReactive, isShallow } from './reactive'
+import { type ReactiveMarker, isReactive, isShallow } from './reactive'
 import { type Ref, isRef } from './ref'
 import { getCurrentScope } from './effectScope'
 
@@ -117,6 +117,65 @@ export function onWatcherCleanup(
   }
 }
 
+type MaybeUndefined<T, I> = I extends true ? T | undefined : T
+
+export type MultiWatchSources = (WatchSource<unknown> | object)[]
+
+type MapSources<T, Immediate> = {
+  [K in keyof T]: T[K] extends WatchSource<infer V>
+    ? MaybeUndefined<V, Immediate>
+    : T[K] extends object
+      ? MaybeUndefined<T[K], Immediate>
+      : never
+}
+
+// overload: simple effect
+export function watch<Immediate extends Readonly<boolean> = false>(
+  source: WatchEffect,
+  cb?: null,
+  options?: WatchOptions<Immediate>,
+): WatchHandle
+
+// overload: single source + cb
+export function watch<T, Immediate extends Readonly<boolean> = false>(
+  source: WatchSource<T>,
+  cb: WatchCallback<T, MaybeUndefined<T, Immediate>>,
+  options?: WatchOptions<Immediate>,
+): WatchHandle
+
+// overload: reactive array or tuple of multiple sources + cb
+export function watch<
+  T extends Readonly<MultiWatchSources>,
+  Immediate extends Readonly<boolean> = false,
+>(
+  sources: readonly [...T] | T,
+  cb: [T] extends [ReactiveMarker]
+    ? WatchCallback<T, MaybeUndefined<T, Immediate>>
+    : WatchCallback<MapSources<T, false>, MapSources<T, Immediate>>,
+  options?: WatchOptions<Immediate>,
+): WatchHandle
+
+// overload: array of multiple sources + cb
+export function watch<
+  T extends MultiWatchSources,
+  Immediate extends Readonly<boolean> = false,
+>(
+  sources: [...T],
+  cb: WatchCallback<MapSources<T, false>, MapSources<T, Immediate>>,
+  options?: WatchOptions<Immediate>,
+): WatchHandle
+
+// overload: watching reactive object w/ cb
+export function watch<
+  T extends object,
+  Immediate extends Readonly<boolean> = false,
+>(
+  source: T,
+  cb: WatchCallback<T, MaybeUndefined<T, Immediate>>,
+  options?: WatchOptions<Immediate>,
+): WatchHandle
+
+// implementation
 export function watch(
   source: WatchSource | WatchSource[] | WatchEffect | object,
   cb?: WatchCallback | null,
diff --git a/packages/runtime-core/src/apiWatch.ts b/packages/runtime-core/src/apiWatch.ts
index 8f6168cdf29..2ac3fe4feb8 100644
--- a/packages/runtime-core/src/apiWatch.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime-core/src/apiWatch.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import {
   type WatchOptions as BaseWatchOptions,
   type DebuggerOptions,
+  type MultiWatchSources,
   type ReactiveMarker,
   type WatchCallback,
   type WatchEffect,
@@ -81,8 +82,6 @@ export function watchSyncEffect(
   )
 }
 
-export type MultiWatchSources = (WatchSource<unknown> | object)[]
-
 // overload: single source + cb
 export function watch<T, Immediate extends Readonly<boolean> = false>(
   source: WatchSource<T>,
@@ -223,7 +222,7 @@ function doWatch(
     }
   }
 
-  const watchHandle = baseWatch(source, cb, baseWatchOptions)
+  const watchHandle = baseWatch(source, cb as any, baseWatchOptions)
 
   if (__SSR__ && isInSSRComponentSetup) {
     if (ssrCleanup) {
diff --git a/packages/runtime-core/src/index.ts b/packages/runtime-core/src/index.ts
index 9910f82102b..d853e8b2e85 100644
--- a/packages/runtime-core/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime-core/src/index.ts
@@ -224,9 +224,9 @@ export type {
   DebuggerEventExtraInfo,
   Raw,
   Reactive,
+  MultiWatchSources,
 } from '@vue/reactivity'
 export type {
-  MultiWatchSources,
   WatchEffect,
   WatchOptions,
   WatchEffectOptions as WatchOptionsBase,