diff --git a/changelog.rst b/changelog.rst
index 1111f7d9..5cb0d924 100644
--- a/changelog.rst
+++ b/changelog.rst
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Changelog
 - Drop support for Python 3.8 (`#1055 <https://github.com/gorakhargosh/watchdog/pull/1055>`__)
 - [core] Enable ``disallow_untyped_calls`` Mypy rule (`#1055 <https://github.com/gorakhargosh/watchdog/pull/1055>`__)
 - [core] Enforced usage of proper keyword-arguments (`#1057 <https://github.com/gorakhargosh/watchdog/pull/1057>`__)
-- [core] Deleted the ``BaseObserverSubclassCallable`` class. Use ``type[BaseObserver]`` directly (`#1055 <https://github.com/gorakhargosh/watchdog/pull/1055>`__)
+- [core] Renamed the ``BaseObserverSubclassCallable`` class to ``ObserverType`` (`#1055 <https://github.com/gorakhargosh/watchdog/pull/1055>`__)
 - [core] Improve typing references for events (`#1040 <https://github.com/gorakhargosh/watchdog/issues/1040>`__)
 - [inotify] Renamed the ``inotify_event_struct`` class to ``InotifyEventStruct`` (`#1055 <https://github.com/gorakhargosh/watchdog/pull/1055>`__)
 - [inotify] Renamed the ``UnsupportedLibc`` exception to ``UnsupportedLibcError`` (`#1057 <https://github.com/gorakhargosh/watchdog/pull/1057>`__)
diff --git a/src/watchdog/observers/__init__.py b/src/watchdog/observers/__init__.py
index e67af022..36677fda 100644
--- a/src/watchdog/observers/__init__.py
+++ b/src/watchdog/observers/__init__.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 
 import contextlib
 import warnings
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Protocol
 
 from watchdog.utils import UnsupportedLibcError, platform
 
@@ -46,7 +46,11 @@
     from watchdog.observers.api import BaseObserver
 
 
-def _get_observer_cls() -> type[BaseObserver]:
+class ObserverType(Protocol):
+    def __call__(self, *, timeout: int = ...) -> BaseObserver: ...
+
+
+def _get_observer_cls() -> ObserverType:
     if platform.is_linux():
         with contextlib.suppress(UnsupportedLibcError):
             from watchdog.observers.inotify import InotifyObserver
diff --git a/src/watchdog/observers/api.py b/src/watchdog/observers/api.py
index 07befce5..1dc42c6e 100644
--- a/src/watchdog/observers/api.py
+++ b/src/watchdog/observers/api.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class ObservedWatch:
         Optional collection of :class:`watchdog.events.FileSystemEvent` to watch
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, path: str | Path, *, recursive: bool, event_filter: list[FileSystemEvent] | None = None):
+    def __init__(self, path: str | Path, *, recursive: bool, event_filter: list[type[FileSystemEvent]] | None = None):
         self._path = str(path) if isinstance(path, Path) else path
         self._is_recursive = recursive
         self._event_filter = frozenset(event_filter) if event_filter is not None else None
@@ -52,12 +52,12 @@ def is_recursive(self) -> bool:
         return self._is_recursive
 
     @property
-    def event_filter(self) -> frozenset[FileSystemEvent] | None:
+    def event_filter(self) -> frozenset[type[FileSystemEvent]] | None:
         """Collection of event types watched for the path"""
         return self._event_filter
 
     @property
-    def key(self) -> tuple[str, bool, frozenset[FileSystemEvent] | None]:
+    def key(self) -> tuple[str, bool, frozenset[type[FileSystemEvent]] | None]:
         return self.path, self.is_recursive, self.event_filter
 
     def __eq__(self, watch: object) -> bool:
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def __hash__(self) -> int:
 
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
         if self.event_filter is not None:
-            event_filter_str = "|".join(sorted(_cls.__name__ for _cls in self.event_filter))  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+            event_filter_str = "|".join(sorted(_cls.__name__ for _cls in self.event_filter))
             event_filter_str = f", event_filter={event_filter_str}"
         else:
             event_filter_str = ""
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ def __init__(
         watch: ObservedWatch,
         *,
         timeout: int = DEFAULT_EMITTER_TIMEOUT,
-        event_filter: list[FileSystemEvent] | None = None,
+        event_filter: list[type[FileSystemEvent]] | None = None,
     ) -> None:
         super().__init__()
         self._event_queue = event_queue
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ def queue_event(self, event: FileSystemEvent) -> None:
             An instance of :class:`watchdog.events.FileSystemEvent`
             or a subclass.
         """
-        if self._event_filter is None or any(isinstance(event, cls) for cls in self._event_filter):  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+        if self._event_filter is None or any(isinstance(event, cls) for cls in self._event_filter):
             self._event_queue.put((event, self.watch))
 
     def queue_events(self, timeout: int) -> None:
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ def schedule(
         path: str,
         *,
         recursive: bool = False,
-        event_filter: list[FileSystemEvent] | None = None,
+        event_filter: list[type[FileSystemEvent]] | None = None,
     ) -> ObservedWatch:
         """Schedules watching a path and calls appropriate methods specified
         in the given event handler in response to file system events.
diff --git a/src/watchdog/observers/fsevents.py b/src/watchdog/observers/fsevents.py
index 2edf6b10..0812e430 100644
--- a/src/watchdog/observers/fsevents.py
+++ b/src/watchdog/observers/fsevents.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def __init__(
         watch: ObservedWatch,
         *,
         timeout: int = DEFAULT_EMITTER_TIMEOUT,
-        event_filter: list[FileSystemEvent] | None = None,
+        event_filter: list[type[FileSystemEvent]] | None = None,
         suppress_history: bool = False,
     ) -> None:
         super().__init__(event_queue, watch, timeout=timeout, event_filter=event_filter)
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ def schedule(
         path: str,
         *,
         recursive: bool = False,
-        event_filter: list[FileSystemEvent] | None = None,
+        event_filter: list[type[FileSystemEvent]] | None = None,
     ) -> ObservedWatch:
         # Fix for issue #26: Trace/BPT error when given a unicode path
         # string. https://github.com/gorakhargosh/watchdog/issues#issue/26
diff --git a/src/watchdog/observers/fsevents2.py b/src/watchdog/observers/fsevents2.py
index c21f6b28..cca7edba 100644
--- a/src/watchdog/observers/fsevents2.py
+++ b/src/watchdog/observers/fsevents2.py
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ def __init__(
         watch: ObservedWatch,
         *,
         timeout: int = DEFAULT_EMITTER_TIMEOUT,
-        event_filter: list[FileSystemEvent] | None = None,
+        event_filter: list[type[FileSystemEvent]] | None = None,
     ):
         super().__init__(event_queue, watch, timeout=timeout, event_filter=event_filter)
         self._fsevents = FSEventsQueue(watch.path)
diff --git a/src/watchdog/observers/inotify.py b/src/watchdog/observers/inotify.py
index 6627a6c1..36dae47b 100644
--- a/src/watchdog/observers/inotify.py
+++ b/src/watchdog/observers/inotify.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ def __init__(
         watch: ObservedWatch,
         *,
         timeout: int = DEFAULT_EMITTER_TIMEOUT,
-        event_filter: list[FileSystemEvent] | None = None,
+        event_filter: list[type[FileSystemEvent]] | None = None,
     ) -> None:
         super().__init__(event_queue, watch, timeout=timeout, event_filter=event_filter)
         self._lock = threading.Lock()
@@ -207,11 +207,11 @@ def get_event_mask_from_filter(self) -> int | None:
         event_mask = InotifyConstants.IN_DELETE_SELF
 
         for cls in self._event_filter:
-            if cls in {DirMovedEvent, FileMovedEvent}:  # type: ignore[comparison-overlap]
+            if cls in {DirMovedEvent, FileMovedEvent}:
                 event_mask |= InotifyConstants.IN_MOVE
-            elif cls in {DirCreatedEvent, FileCreatedEvent}:  # type: ignore[comparison-overlap]
+            elif cls in {DirCreatedEvent, FileCreatedEvent}:
                 event_mask |= InotifyConstants.IN_MOVE | InotifyConstants.IN_CREATE
-            elif cls is DirModifiedEvent:  # type: ignore[comparison-overlap]
+            elif cls is DirModifiedEvent:
                 event_mask |= (
                     InotifyConstants.IN_MOVE
                     | InotifyConstants.IN_ATTRIB
@@ -219,15 +219,15 @@ def get_event_mask_from_filter(self) -> int | None:
                     | InotifyConstants.IN_CREATE
                     | InotifyConstants.IN_CLOSE_WRITE
                 )
-            elif cls is FileModifiedEvent:  # type: ignore[comparison-overlap]
+            elif cls is FileModifiedEvent:
                 event_mask |= InotifyConstants.IN_ATTRIB | InotifyConstants.IN_MODIFY
-            elif cls in {DirDeletedEvent, FileDeletedEvent}:  # type: ignore[comparison-overlap]
+            elif cls in {DirDeletedEvent, FileDeletedEvent}:
                 event_mask |= InotifyConstants.IN_DELETE
-            elif cls is FileClosedEvent:  # type: ignore[comparison-overlap]
+            elif cls is FileClosedEvent:
                 event_mask |= InotifyConstants.IN_CLOSE_WRITE
-            elif cls is FileClosedNoWriteEvent:  # type: ignore[comparison-overlap]
+            elif cls is FileClosedNoWriteEvent:
                 event_mask |= InotifyConstants.IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE
-            elif cls is FileOpenedEvent:  # type: ignore[comparison-overlap]
+            elif cls is FileOpenedEvent:
                 event_mask |= InotifyConstants.IN_OPEN
 
         return event_mask
diff --git a/src/watchdog/observers/kqueue.py b/src/watchdog/observers/kqueue.py
index 053ae045..cd2e7d6f 100644
--- a/src/watchdog/observers/kqueue.py
+++ b/src/watchdog/observers/kqueue.py
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ def __init__(
         watch: ObservedWatch,
         *,
         timeout: int = DEFAULT_EMITTER_TIMEOUT,
-        event_filter: list[FileSystemEvent] | None = None,
+        event_filter: list[type[FileSystemEvent]] | None = None,
         stat: Callable = os.stat,
     ) -> None:
         super().__init__(event_queue, watch, timeout=timeout, event_filter=event_filter)
diff --git a/src/watchdog/observers/polling.py b/src/watchdog/observers/polling.py
index 020e636d..853d849e 100644
--- a/src/watchdog/observers/polling.py
+++ b/src/watchdog/observers/polling.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def __init__(
         watch: ObservedWatch,
         *,
         timeout: int = DEFAULT_EMITTER_TIMEOUT,
-        event_filter: list[FileSystemEvent] | None = None,
+        event_filter: list[type[FileSystemEvent]] | None = None,
         stat: Callable = os.stat,
         listdir: Callable = os.scandir,
     ) -> None:
diff --git a/src/watchdog/observers/read_directory_changes.py b/src/watchdog/observers/read_directory_changes.py
index 84d87f41..660255a0 100644
--- a/src/watchdog/observers/read_directory_changes.py
+++ b/src/watchdog/observers/read_directory_changes.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def __init__(
         watch: ObservedWatch,
         *,
         timeout: int = DEFAULT_EMITTER_TIMEOUT,
-        event_filter: list[FileSystemEvent] | None = None,
+        event_filter: list[type[FileSystemEvent]] | None = None,
     ) -> None:
         super().__init__(event_queue, watch, timeout=timeout, event_filter=event_filter)
         self._lock = threading.Lock()
diff --git a/src/watchdog/utils/__init__.py b/src/watchdog/utils/__init__.py
index 18d493ee..637d9888 100644
--- a/src/watchdog/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/src/watchdog/utils/__init__.py
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from types import ModuleType
 
+    from watchdog.tricks import Trick
+
 
 class UnsupportedLibcError(Exception):
     pass
@@ -84,7 +86,7 @@ def load_module(module_name: str) -> ModuleType:
     return sys.modules[module_name]
 
 
-def load_class(dotted_path: str) -> type:
+def load_class(dotted_path: str) -> type[Trick]:
     """Loads and returns a class definition provided a dotted path
     specification the last part of the dotted path is the class name
     and there is at least one module name preceding the class name.
diff --git a/src/watchdog/watchmedo.py b/src/watchdog/watchmedo.py
index 3f99786b..2456c567 100644
--- a/src/watchdog/watchmedo.py
+++ b/src/watchdog/watchmedo.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     from typing import Callable
 
     from watchdog.events import FileSystemEventHandler
+    from watchdog.observers import ObserverType
     from watchdog.observers.api import BaseObserver
 
 
@@ -257,7 +258,7 @@ def schedule_tricks(observer: BaseObserver, tricks: dict, pathname: str, *, recu
 )
 def tricks_from(args: Namespace) -> None:
     """Command to execute tricks from a tricks configuration file."""
-    observer_cls: type[BaseObserver]
+    observer_cls: ObserverType
     if args.debug_force_polling:
         from watchdog.observers.polling import PollingObserver
 
@@ -288,7 +289,7 @@ def tricks_from(args: Namespace) -> None:
     add_to_sys_path(path_split(args.python_path))
     observers = []
     for tricks_file in args.files:
-        observer = observer_cls(timeout=args.timeout)  # type: ignore[call-arg]
+        observer = observer_cls(timeout=args.timeout)
 
         if not os.path.exists(tricks_file):
             raise OSError(errno.ENOENT, os.strerror(errno.ENOENT), tricks_file)
@@ -361,7 +362,7 @@ def tricks_generate_yaml(args: Namespace) -> None:
 
     for trick_path in args.trick_paths:
         trick_cls = load_class(trick_path)
-        output.write(trick_cls.generate_yaml())  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+        output.write(trick_cls.generate_yaml())
 
     content = output.getvalue()
     output.close()
@@ -466,7 +467,7 @@ def log(args: Namespace) -> None:
         ignore_directories=args.ignore_directories,
     )
 
-    observer_cls: type[BaseObserver]
+    observer_cls: ObserverType
     if args.debug_force_polling:
         from watchdog.observers.polling import PollingObserver
 
@@ -494,7 +495,7 @@ def log(args: Namespace) -> None:
 
         observer_cls = Observer
 
-    observer = observer_cls(timeout=args.timeout)  # type: ignore[call-arg]
+    observer = observer_cls(timeout=args.timeout)
     observe_with(observer, handler, args.directories, recursive=args.recursive)
 
 
@@ -590,7 +591,7 @@ def shell_command(args: Namespace) -> None:
     if not args.command:
         args.command = None
 
-    observer_cls: type[BaseObserver]
+    observer_cls: ObserverType
     if args.debug_force_polling:
         from watchdog.observers.polling import PollingObserver
 
@@ -609,7 +610,7 @@ def shell_command(args: Namespace) -> None:
         wait_for_process=args.wait_for_process,
         drop_during_process=args.drop_during_process,
     )
-    observer = observer_cls(timeout=args.timeout)  # type: ignore[call-arg]
+    observer = observer_cls(timeout=args.timeout)
     observe_with(observer, handler, args.directories, recursive=args.recursive)
 
 
@@ -707,7 +708,7 @@ def shell_command(args: Namespace) -> None:
 )
 def auto_restart(args: Namespace) -> None:
     """Command to start a long-running subprocess and restart it on matched events."""
-    observer_cls: type[BaseObserver]
+    observer_cls: ObserverType
     if args.debug_force_polling:
         from watchdog.observers.polling import PollingObserver
 
@@ -757,7 +758,7 @@ def handler_termination_signal(_signum: signal._SIGNUM, _frame: object) -> None:
         restart_on_command_exit=args.restart_on_command_exit,
     )
     handler.start()
-    observer = observer_cls(timeout=args.timeout)  # type: ignore[call-arg]
+    observer = observer_cls(timeout=args.timeout)
     try:
         observe_with(observer, handler, args.directories, recursive=args.recursive)
     except WatchdogShutdownError: