The Watchtower gives you information about incoming marches towards your Base. Upgrading your Watchtower to level 21 and 22 will give you an unit attack debuff to all marches sent out.
Watchtower abilities:
Level 1:Â Warns of an Incoming march
Level 3: Shows the type of the march
Level 5:Â Shows you the name and coordinates of the player sending the march
Level 7:Â Shows you the arrival time of a march
Level 9:Â Shows you the name of the alliance sending the march
Level 11:Â Gives an estimate of the total number of units in the march
Level 13:Â Tells you the unit types
Level 15:Â Provides units names and estimates their numbers. Also detects the commander.
Level 17: Exact number of units and the commander's level
Level 19:Â Tells you what researches the players has and at what level.
Level 21: Incoming enemy marches on your base suffer 10% unit attack penalty
Level 22:Â Incoming enemy marches on your city suffer 20% troop attack penalty. The cost of scouting you gets multiplied by 5.
Upgrading your Watchtower: