Watten (Scottish Gaelic: Bhatan) is a small village in Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland, on the main road (A882-A9) between the burgh of Wick and the town of Thurso,[1] about twelve kilometres (eight miles) west of Wick and close to Wick River and to Loch Watten.

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Watten was the birthplace of Alexander Bain, inventor of a type of pendulum-regulated electric clock and the fax machine.

Bain is commemorated by a carved stone monument outside the village hall.

The fax machine is referred to on this monument as "The Electric Printing Telegraph".