Top scorer Harry Kane was back on the bench from an ankle injury absence to see deputy Vincent Janssen add to his catalogue of painful misses before Dele Alli magnificently opened the scoring with his 16th league goal of the season.
England colleague Eric Dier and Son Heung-min joined in the fun with similarly emphatic strikes from outside the box, although Watford boss Walter Mazzarri will lament poor closing down on the first and third Spurs goals.
Watford appeared simply helpless as they were cut open for Son to add a sumptuous fourth, their ambitions of stringing together three consecutive top-flight wins for the first time this season having long since evaporated.
It amounted to a far more assured route to victory for Mauricio Pochettino’s side than the remarkably frantic midweek comeback at Swansea City and cut Chelsea’s advantage at the summit to four points, at least until Antonio Conte’s men face Bournemouth in Saturday’s late kick-off.
Janssen almost had his first Premier League goal from open play when he cleverly spun Craig Cathcart in the ninth minute, forcing Heurelho Gomes to save with his legs.
It was an assured start from Walter Mazzarri’s side, but they should have fallen behind in the 19th minute when Janssen’s combination of dwindling confidence and wretched luck came to their aid.
Kieran Trippier stunned a volley across the face of goal and, although the Netherlands international was partially unsighted by Watford defender Adrian Mariappa, Janssen inexplicably managed to hit the crossbar after the ball spun up off his thigh two yards from goal.
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