diff --git a/src/renderer/components/duration/reactive-duration.tsx b/src/renderer/components/duration/reactive-duration.tsx
index ce38b82509..42a6b0949b 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/duration/reactive-duration.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/duration/reactive-duration.tsx
@@ -18,19 +18,29 @@ export interface ReactiveDurationProps {
   compact?: boolean;
 }
 
+const everySecond = 1000;
+const everyMinute = 60 * 1000;
+
 /**
- * This function computes a resonable update
+ * This function computes a resonable update interval, matching `formatDuration`'s rules on when to display seconds
  */
-function computeUpdateInterval(creationTimestampEpoch: number): number {
+function computeUpdateInterval(creationTimestampEpoch: number, compact: boolean): number {
   const seconds = Math.floor((Date.now() - creationTimestampEpoch) / 1000);
   const minutes = Math.floor(seconds / 60);
 
   if (minutes < 10) {
-    // Update every second
-    return 1000;
+    return everySecond;
   }
 
-  return 60 * 1000;
+  if (compact) {
+    return everyMinute;
+  }
+
+  if (minutes < (60 * 3)) {
+    return everySecond;
+  }
+
+  return everyMinute;
 }
 
 export const ReactiveDuration = observer(({ timestamp, compact = true }: ReactiveDurationProps) => {
@@ -42,7 +52,7 @@ export const ReactiveDuration = observer(({ timestamp, compact = true }: Reactiv
 
   return (
     <>
-      {formatDuration(reactiveNow(computeUpdateInterval(timestampSeconds)) - timestampSeconds, compact)}
+      {formatDuration(reactiveNow(computeUpdateInterval(timestampSeconds, compact)) - timestampSeconds, compact)}
     </>
   );
 });
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/kube-object-meta/kube-object-meta.tsx b/src/renderer/components/kube-object-meta/kube-object-meta.tsx
index 20852d95ba..f339877eb2 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/kube-object-meta/kube-object-meta.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/kube-object-meta/kube-object-meta.tsx
@@ -62,13 +62,7 @@ const NonInjectedKubeObjectMeta = observer(({
       <DrawerItem name="Created" hidden={isHidden("creationTimestamp")}>
         <KubeObjectAge object={object} compact={false} />
         {" ago "}
-        {creationTimestamp && (
-          <>
-            (
-            <LocaleDate date={creationTimestamp} />
-            )
-          </>
-        )}
+        {creationTimestamp && <LocaleDate date={creationTimestamp} />}
       </DrawerItem>
       <DrawerItem name="Name" hidden={isHidden("name")}>
         {getName()}