Timers in foreground on Apple Watch. Accidental canceling

I use Timers, a LOT, and I'm having a problem with the implementation on Apple Watch. Some time in the past, the behavior changed such that with every flip of my wrist, or possibly just idling in the background, a running timer will pop to the foreground. While that would be great it I wasn't moving, it unfortunately allows the timer to be stopped or cancelled if something accidentally brushes agains the watch face. Similar issues for the stopwatch if I left it running for some reason. It can get accidentally paused.

I have tried adjusting the setting in SmartStack, even turning it off altogether, to no avail.

I can see the timer running in the main watch face complication, so I really don't need it in the foreground unless I want to take some action. I wouldn't mind if the timer popped up when time ran out, but I don't want to shut it off by accident if I'm timing something important. Surely there must be a Setting I am missing, but I can't find it.

Does anybody know how to keep timers in the background until they are really needed?

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