diff --git a/src/lightkube/core/generic_client.py b/src/lightkube/core/generic_client.py
index f591154..685644e 100644
--- a/src/lightkube/core/generic_client.py
+++ b/src/lightkube/core/generic_client.py
@@ -66,8 +66,13 @@ def get_request(self, timeout):
         br = self._br
         if self._version is not None:
             br.params["resourceVersion"] = self._version
+        else:
+            br.params.pop("resourceVersion", None)
         return self._build_request(br.method, br.url, params=br.params, timeout=timeout)
 
+    def reset_version(self):
+        self._version = None
+
     def process_one_line(self, line):
         event = decoders.decode_watch_event(line)
         if event.type == "ERROR":
@@ -327,6 +332,9 @@ def watch(self, br: BasicRequest, on_error: OnErrorHandler = on_error_raise):
                     raise
                 if handle_error.action is OnErrorAction.STOP:
                     break
+                if isinstance(e, ApiError) and e.status.code == 410:
+                    # 410 Gone means the resourceVersion is too old, we need to restart the watch from scratch
+                    wd.reset_version()
                 if handle_error.sleep > 0:
                     time.sleep(handle_error.sleep)
                 continue
@@ -411,6 +419,9 @@ async def watch(self, br: BasicRequest, on_error: OnErrorHandler = on_error_rais
                     raise
                 if handle_error.action is OnErrorAction.STOP:
                     break
+                if isinstance(e, ApiError) and e.status.code == 410:
+                    # 410 Gone means the resourceVersion is too old, we need to restart the watch from scratch
+                    wd.reset_version()
                 if handle_error.sleep > 0:
                     await asyncio.sleep(handle_error.sleep)
                 continue
diff --git a/src/lightkube/types.py b/src/lightkube/types.py
index 4870867..ae2f7b4 100644
--- a/src/lightkube/types.py
+++ b/src/lightkube/types.py
@@ -65,7 +65,12 @@ def on_error_stop(e: Exception, count: int) -> OnErrorResult:
 
 
 def on_error_retry(e: Exception, count: int) -> OnErrorResult:
-    """Retry to perform the API call again from the last version"""
+    """Immediately retries the API call using the last known resource version.
+    If the retry fails with an unrecoverable error (such as
+    "too old resource version"), it restarts without specifying a resource
+    version. The watch then delivers the current state and continues streaming
+    updates from that point onward.
+    """
     return OnErrorResult(OnErrorAction.RETRY)
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_async_client.py b/tests/test_async_client.py
index c5a49c1..f5ca73a 100644
--- a/tests/test_async_client.py
+++ b/tests/test_async_client.py
@@ -229,6 +229,23 @@ async def test_watch_error(client: lightkube.AsyncClient, httpx2_mock: respx.Rou
     await client.close()
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_watch_error_restarts_from_scratch(client: lightkube.AsyncClient, httpx2_mock: respx.Router):
+    stale_request = httpx2_mock.get("https://localhost:9443/api/v1/nodes?watch=true&resourceVersion=1").respond(
+        content=make_watch_error()
+    )
+    initial_request = httpx2_mock.get("https://localhost:9443/api/v1/nodes?watch=true").respond(content=make_watch_list(1))
+
+    watch = client.watch(Node, on_error=types.on_error_retry)
+    await anext(watch)
+    await anext(watch)
+
+    assert len(initial_request.calls) == 2
+    assert len(stale_request.calls) == 1
+    assert "resourceVersion" not in initial_request.calls[1][0].url.params
+    await client.close()
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_watch_version(client: lightkube.AsyncClient, httpx2_mock: respx.Router):
     httpx2_mock.get("https://localhost:9443/api/v1/nodes?resourceVersion=1&watch=true").respond(status_code=404)
diff --git a/tests/test_client.py b/tests/test_client.py
index f387ce6..293afe7 100644
--- a/tests/test_client.py
+++ b/tests/test_client.py
@@ -324,6 +324,21 @@ def test_watch_error(client: lightkube.Client, httpx2_mock: respx.Router) -> Non
     assert exc.value.status.code == 410
 
 
+def test_watch_error_restarts_from_scratch(client: lightkube.Client, httpx2_mock: respx.Router) -> None:
+    stale_request = httpx2_mock.get("https://localhost:9443/api/v1/nodes?watch=true&resourceVersion=1").respond(
+        content=make_watch_error()
+    )
+    initial_request = httpx2_mock.get("https://localhost:9443/api/v1/nodes?watch=true").respond(content=make_watch_list(1))
+
+    watch = client.watch(Node, on_error=types.on_error_retry)
+    next(watch)
+    next(watch)
+
+    assert len(initial_request.calls) == 2
+    assert len(stale_request.calls) == 1
+    assert "resourceVersion" not in initial_request.calls[1][0].url.params
+
+
 def test_watch_version(client: lightkube.Client, httpx2_mock: respx.Router) -> None:
     httpx2_mock.get("https://localhost:9443/api/v1/nodes?resourceVersion=1&watch=true").respond(status_code=404)
     httpx2_mock.get("https://localhost:9443/api/v1/nodes?resourceVersion=2&watch=true").respond(content=make_watch_list())