diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/ui/worldclock/WorldClockRow.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/ui/worldclock/WorldClockRow.kt
index 315c91c..b6c6219 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/ui/worldclock/WorldClockRow.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/ui/worldclock/WorldClockRow.kt
@@ -83,20 +83,27 @@ internal fun WorldClockRow(
     } else {
         stringResource(R.string.world_clock_row_description_unknown, row.name, summary)
     }
-    val actions = listOf(
-        CustomAccessibilityAction(stringResource(R.string.world_clock_row_move_up)) {
-            onMoveUp()
-            true
-        },
-        CustomAccessibilityAction(stringResource(R.string.world_clock_row_move_down)) {
-            onMoveDown()
-            true
-        },
-        CustomAccessibilityAction(stringResource(R.string.world_clock_row_remove)) {
-            onRemove()
-            true
-        },
-    )
+    val moveUpLabel = stringResource(R.string.world_clock_row_move_up)
+    val moveDownLabel = stringResource(R.string.world_clock_row_move_down)
+    val removeLabel = stringResource(R.string.world_clock_row_remove)
+    // Remembered, so a row that ticks every second keeps equal actions and its
+    // semantics only change when what TalkBack would say changes.
+    val actions = remember(moveUpLabel, moveDownLabel, removeLabel, onMoveUp, onMoveDown, onRemove) {
+        listOf(
+            CustomAccessibilityAction(moveUpLabel) {
+                onMoveUp()
+                true
+            },
+            CustomAccessibilityAction(moveDownLabel) {
+                onMoveDown()
+                true
+            },
+            CustomAccessibilityAction(removeLabel) {
+                onRemove()
+                true
+            },
+        )
+    }
 
     GroupedSurface(
         position = position,
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/ui/worldclock/WorldClockScreen.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/ui/worldclock/WorldClockScreen.kt
index b4efa20..791959c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/ui/worldclock/WorldClockScreen.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/ui/worldclock/WorldClockScreen.kt
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import androidx.compose.material3.TextButton
 import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
 import androidx.compose.runtime.getValue
 import androidx.compose.runtime.mutableStateOf
+import androidx.compose.runtime.remember
 import androidx.compose.runtime.saveable.rememberSaveable
 import androidx.compose.runtime.setValue
 import androidx.compose.ui.Alignment
@@ -158,9 +159,11 @@ fun WorldClockScreen(
                         timeStyle = rowTimeStyle,
                         dragHandle = dragHandle,
                         isDragging = isDragging,
-                        onMoveUp = { viewModel.onMoveUp(row.id) },
-                        onMoveDown = { viewModel.onMoveDown(row.id) },
-                        onRemove = { pendingRemoval = row.id },
+                        // Remembered per id: a row that ticks every second must
+                        // not hand TalkBack new custom actions every second.
+                        onMoveUp = remember(id) { { viewModel.onMoveUp(id) } },
+                        onMoveDown = remember(id) { { viewModel.onMoveDown(id) } },
+                        onRemove = remember(id) { { pendingRemoval = id } },
                     )
                 }
             }
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/data/prefs/ClockPrefsTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/data/prefs/ClockPrefsTest.kt
index c11a2c6..a23c986 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/data/prefs/ClockPrefsTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/data/prefs/ClockPrefsTest.kt
@@ -90,10 +90,11 @@ class ClockPrefsTest {
             assertThat(awaitItem()).isEqualTo(ClockDefaults())
 
             prefs.setWorldClockSeconds(true)
-            // Wait until the write is visible to a reader, so a re-emission of
-            // the defaults would have had its chance to arrive.
-            prefs.worldClockSeconds.first { it }
+            // A barrier on this same flow: the next item must be this write,
+            // so a re-emission caused by the seconds write would come first.
+            prefs.setSnoozeMinutes(7)
 
+            assertThat(awaitItem()).isEqualTo(ClockDefaults(snoozeMinutes = 7))
             expectNoEvents()
             cancel()
         }
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/ui/settings/SettingsViewModelTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/ui/settings/SettingsViewModelTest.kt
index 4391896..af80c34 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/ui/settings/SettingsViewModelTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/ui/settings/SettingsViewModelTest.kt
@@ -130,18 +130,15 @@ class SettingsViewModelTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    fun `the world clock's seconds switch writes through, apart from the defaults`(@TempDir tempDir: Path) =
+    fun `the world clock's seconds switch writes through`(@TempDir tempDir: Path) =
         runTest(main.dispatcher) {
             val viewModel = collecting(newViewModel(tempDir))
             advanceUntilIdle()
-            val defaultsBefore = (viewModel.state.value as SettingsUiState.Loaded).defaults
 
             viewModel.onWorldClockSecondsChanged(true)
             advanceUntilIdle()
 
-            val loaded = viewModel.state.value as SettingsUiState.Loaded
-            assertThat(loaded.worldClockSeconds).isTrue()
-            assertThat(loaded.defaults).isEqualTo(defaultsBefore)
+            assertThat((viewModel.state.value as SettingsUiState.Loaded).worldClockSeconds).isTrue()
         }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/ui/worldclock/WorldClockViewModelTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/ui/worldclock/WorldClockViewModelTest.kt
index 0666b93..236858e 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/ui/worldclock/WorldClockViewModelTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/ui/worldclock/WorldClockViewModelTest.kt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir
 import java.nio.file.Files
 import java.nio.file.Path
 import java.time.ZoneId
+import kotlin.time.Duration.Companion.minutes
 import kotlin.time.Duration.Companion.seconds
 
 /**
@@ -414,6 +415,25 @@ class WorldClockViewModelTest {
             assertThat(harness.loaded().home.zoneId).isEqualTo("Asia/Tokyo")
         }
 
+    /** #23: a set clock shows at once, and the tick restarts against the new time. */
+    @Test
+    fun `a clock set shows at once and restarts the minute tick`(@TempDir tempDir: Path) =
+        runTest(main.dispatcher) {
+            val harness = collecting(worldClockHarness(tempDir))
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+            val before = harness.loaded().home.time
+
+            harness.wallClock.advance(5.minutes)
+            harness.clockChanges.fire()
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+
+            assertThat(harness.loaded().home.time).isEqualTo(before.plusMinutes(5))
+            assertThat(harness.ticker.requestedUnits).containsExactly(
+                WorldClockDefaults.tickFor(showSeconds = false),
+                WorldClockDefaults.tickFor(showSeconds = false),
+            )
+        }
+
     /** §5.9 #20, with #23's seconds on. */
     @Test
     fun `a second of wall clock moves the face and the rows when seconds are on`(@TempDir tempDir: Path) =