diff --git a/src/lib/components/FocusTimer.svelte b/src/lib/components/FocusTimer.svelte
index 4fcdc0f..1e8b777 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/FocusTimer.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/FocusTimer.svelte
@@ -15,8 +15,26 @@
   // follows the sensory-zone theme switcher in Settings.
 
   import { onMount, onDestroy } from "svelte";
-  import { X, Plus } from "lucide-svelte";
+  import { X, Plus, ExternalLink } from "lucide-svelte";
   import { focusTimer } from "$lib/stores/focusTimer.svelte.js";
+  import { hasTauriRuntime } from "$lib/utils/runtime.js";
+
+  // Hide the "pop out" button inside the float window itself — opening
+  // a second float from a float would be silly and would re-mount the
+  // same component. Detect via URL rather than a prop so we do not
+  // have to thread context through every mount site.
+  let isSecondaryWindow = $state(false);
+  if (typeof window !== "undefined") {
+    isSecondaryWindow = window.location.pathname.startsWith("/float")
+      || window.location.pathname.startsWith("/viewer");
+  }
+
+  function handlePopOut() {
+    // Mirror the button in TasksPage.svelte — opens the always-on-top
+    // Now list + pinned timer in one floating window.
+    if (!hasTauriRuntime()) return;
+    window.open("/float", "_blank", "width=380,height=520");
+  }
 
   const RING_SIZE = 64;
   const RING_STROKE = 5;
@@ -148,6 +166,16 @@
         >
           <Plus size={14} aria-hidden="true" />
         </button>
+        {#if !isSecondaryWindow}
+          <button
+            class="icon-btn"
+            onclick={handlePopOut}
+            aria-label="Pop out timer + Now list into floating window"
+            title="Pop out (keeps timer + tasks on top)"
+          >
+            <ExternalLink size={14} aria-hidden="true" />
+          </button>
+        {/if}
         <button
           class="icon-btn"
           onclick={handleCancel}
diff --git a/src/routes/float/+layout@.svelte b/src/routes/float/+layout@.svelte
index 044f0f6..e3f40c9 100644
--- a/src/routes/float/+layout@.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/float/+layout@.svelte
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     PREFERENCES_CHANGED_EVENT,
   } from "$lib/stores/preferences.svelte.js";
   import Titlebar from "$lib/components/Titlebar.svelte";
+  import FocusTimer from "$lib/components/FocusTimer.svelte";
   import { loadOsInfo, isLinux } from "$lib/utils/osInfo.js";
 
   let { children } = $props();
@@ -90,3 +91,9 @@
     {@render children()}
   </div>
 </div>
+
+<!-- Focus timer also visible in the always-on-top float window so a
+     running countdown stays with the Now list. The component is a
+     global overlay (position: fixed) so it pins to the top-right of
+     this window independent of the Tasks content below. -->
+<FocusTimer />