diff --git a/Sources/CalendarrCore/Complications/ComplicationTimeline.swift b/Sources/CalendarrCore/Complications/ComplicationTimeline.swift
index 06ae07f..c04aa1e 100644
--- a/Sources/CalendarrCore/Complications/ComplicationTimeline.swift
+++ b/Sources/CalendarrCore/Complications/ComplicationTimeline.swift
@@ -10,14 +10,22 @@ public enum ComplicationTimeline {
     /// Dates at which a complication should re-render.
     ///
     /// Always begins with `now` so the first entry renders immediately. Event
-    /// starts and ends within `horizon` become entries; hourly marks fill the
-    /// rest so a quiet calendar still advances its date and countdown. The
-    /// result is sorted, deduplicated to the second, and capped at
+    /// starts and ends within `horizon` become entries.
+    ///
+    /// The first `fineGrainedWindow` then gets a mark every minute, and the rest
+    /// of the horizon one every hour. The fine-grained part is what lets a
+    /// complication show a *compact* countdown — "23m" rather than "1:23:45" —
+    /// which is the only kind that fits an accessoryCorner or a circular gauge.
+    /// A live `Text(style: .timer)` needs no entries at all but is eight
+    /// characters wide, and overlaps the curved label it sits next to.
+    ///
+    /// The result is sorted, deduplicated to the second, and capped at
     /// `maxEntries`, keeping the earliest.
     public static func entryDates(from now: Date,
                                   in snapshot: CalendarrSnapshot,
                                   horizon: TimeInterval = 24 * 3600,
-                                  maxEntries: Int = 100) -> [Date] {
+                                  fineGrainedWindow: TimeInterval = 3600,
+                                  maxEntries: Int = 150) -> [Date] {
         let end = now.addingTimeInterval(horizon)
         var seen: Set<Int> = []
         var dates: [Date] = []
@@ -36,6 +44,12 @@ public enum ComplicationTimeline {
             add(event.start)
             add(event.end)
         }
+        let fineEnd = min(end, now.addingTimeInterval(fineGrainedWindow))
+        var minute = now.addingTimeInterval(60)
+        while minute <= fineEnd {
+            add(minute)
+            minute = minute.addingTimeInterval(60)
+        }
         var hourly = now.addingTimeInterval(3600)
         while hourly <= end {
             add(hourly)
diff --git a/Tests/CalendarrCoreTests/ComplicationTimelineTests.swift b/Tests/CalendarrCoreTests/ComplicationTimelineTests.swift
index bfe1594..eea5e88 100644
--- a/Tests/CalendarrCoreTests/ComplicationTimelineTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/CalendarrCoreTests/ComplicationTimelineTests.swift
@@ -73,6 +73,27 @@ struct ComplicationTimelineTests {
         #expect(dates.count >= 24)
     }
 
+    @Test("The first hour gets minute-granular entries, so a compact countdown stays honest")
+    func minuteGranularFirstHour() {
+        let dates = ComplicationTimeline.entryDates(from: Self.now, in: Self.snapshot([]))
+        let firstHour = dates.filter { $0 <= Self.now.addingTimeInterval(3600) }
+
+        // 60 minute marks plus `now` itself.
+        #expect(firstHour.count >= 60)
+        #expect(firstHour.contains(Self.now.addingTimeInterval(60)))
+        #expect(firstHour.contains(Self.now.addingTimeInterval(1800)))
+    }
+
+    @Test("Past the first hour the entries thin out to hourly")
+    func hourlyAfterFirstHour() {
+        let dates = ComplicationTimeline.entryDates(from: Self.now, in: Self.snapshot([]))
+        let later = dates.filter { $0 > Self.now.addingTimeInterval(3600) }
+
+        // 23 further hours, not 23 * 60 minutes.
+        #expect(later.count < 40)
+        #expect(later.contains(Self.now.addingTimeInterval(2 * 3600)))
+    }
+
     @Test("The entry count is capped, keeping the earliest entries")
     func capsEntries() {
         var events: [SnapshotEvent] = []