diff --git a/wear/src/main/java/com/bitchat/watch/ui/DmScreen.kt b/wear/src/main/java/com/bitchat/watch/ui/DmScreen.kt
index d0e675ea..280fee4a 100644
--- a/wear/src/main/java/com/bitchat/watch/ui/DmScreen.kt
+++ b/wear/src/main/java/com/bitchat/watch/ui/DmScreen.kt
@@ -75,7 +75,12 @@ fun DmScreen(
 
     val nickname = mesh?.getPeerNickname(peerID) ?: peerID.take(8)
     val identityRevision by WearPeerIdentityState.revision.collectAsState()
-    val identity = remember(peerID, identityRevision) {
+    // Keyed on the announced nickname too: the snapshot now reads it to
+    // decide whether the seal still applies, and `revision` is bumped by
+    // favourites and verification changes, never by a peer renaming. Without
+    // this the name repaints while the cached "verified" — and its seal —
+    // survives, which is the live impersonation the binding exists to stop.
+    val identity = remember(peerID, identityRevision, nickname) {
         WearPeerIdentityState.snapshot(peerID, mesh)
     }
     var sessionEstablished by remember {
diff --git a/wear/src/main/java/com/bitchat/watch/ui/PeerDebugScreen.kt b/wear/src/main/java/com/bitchat/watch/ui/PeerDebugScreen.kt
index 1994f976..d9e8ac3c 100644
--- a/wear/src/main/java/com/bitchat/watch/ui/PeerDebugScreen.kt
+++ b/wear/src/main/java/com/bitchat/watch/ui/PeerDebugScreen.kt
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ fun PeerDebugScreen() {
             items(peers) { peerID ->
                 val nick = nicknames[peerID] ?: peerID.take(8)
                 val encrypted = mesh?.hasEstablishedSession(peerID) == true
-                val identity = androidx.compose.runtime.remember(peerID, identityRevision) {
+                // Keyed on the nickname too — see DmScreen.
+                val identity = androidx.compose.runtime.remember(peerID, identityRevision, nick) {
                     WearPeerIdentityState.snapshot(peerID, mesh)
                 }
                 Row(
diff --git a/wear/src/main/java/com/bitchat/watch/ui/UserDetailScreen.kt b/wear/src/main/java/com/bitchat/watch/ui/UserDetailScreen.kt
index fd6a347f..ec39e318 100644
--- a/wear/src/main/java/com/bitchat/watch/ui/UserDetailScreen.kt
+++ b/wear/src/main/java/com/bitchat/watch/ui/UserDetailScreen.kt
@@ -40,10 +40,13 @@ fun UserDetailScreen(
 ) {
     val mesh = WearMeshService.peek()
     val revision by WearPeerIdentityState.revision.collectAsState()
-    val identity = androidx.compose.runtime.remember(peerID, revision) {
+    val nickname = mesh?.getPeerNickname(peerID) ?: peerID.take(8)
+    // Keyed on the announced nickname too — see DmScreen. This screen draws the
+    // seal as well, so without it a rename repaints the name here and leaves
+    // the checkmark sitting beside the new one.
+    val identity = androidx.compose.runtime.remember(peerID, revision, nickname) {
         WearPeerIdentityState.snapshot(peerID, mesh)
     }
-    val nickname = mesh?.getPeerNickname(peerID) ?: peerID.take(8)
     val listState = rememberScalingLazyListState(initialCenterItemIndex = 0)
     val palette = LocalBitchatPalette.current
 
diff --git a/wear/src/main/java/com/bitchat/watch/ui/VerificationCodeScreen.kt b/wear/src/main/java/com/bitchat/watch/ui/VerificationCodeScreen.kt
index 4644e9bd..09218ed7 100644
--- a/wear/src/main/java/com/bitchat/watch/ui/VerificationCodeScreen.kt
+++ b/wear/src/main/java/com/bitchat/watch/ui/VerificationCodeScreen.kt
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ import com.bitchat.watch.ui.theme.LocalBitchatPalette
 fun VerificationCodeScreen(peerID: String) {
     val mesh = WearMeshService.peek()
     val revision by WearPeerIdentityState.revision.collectAsState()
-    val identity = androidx.compose.runtime.remember(peerID, revision) {
+    // Keyed on the announced nickname too — see DmScreen.
+    val announcedNickname = mesh?.getPeerNickname(peerID)
+    val identity = androidx.compose.runtime.remember(peerID, revision, announcedNickname) {
         WearPeerIdentityState.snapshot(peerID, mesh)
     }
     val myFingerprint = WearPeerIdentityState.myFingerprint(mesh)