diff --git a/crates/perry-codegen/src/expr/static_field_meta.rs b/crates/perry-codegen/src/expr/static_field_meta.rs
index 8024cf15ea..77dee06a3d 100644
--- a/crates/perry-codegen/src/expr/static_field_meta.rs
+++ b/crates/perry-codegen/src/expr/static_field_meta.rs
@@ -416,6 +416,7 @@ pub(crate) fn lower(ctx: &mut FnCtx<'_>, expr: &Expr) -> Result<String> {
             // inlining can't do once the class escapes its defining scope.
             if !captured_args.is_empty() {
                 let cap_len = captured_args.len().to_string();
+                let mut lowered_caps: Vec<String> = Vec::with_capacity(captured_args.len());
                 let mut caps_arr = ctx.block().call(I64, "js_array_alloc", &[(I32, &cap_len)]);
                 for arg in captured_args {
                     let v = lower_expr(ctx, arg)?;
@@ -424,6 +425,7 @@ pub(crate) fn lower(ctx: &mut FnCtx<'_>, expr: &Expr) -> Result<String> {
                         "js_array_push_f64",
                         &[(I64, &caps_arr), (DOUBLE, &v)],
                     );
+                    lowered_caps.push(v);
                 }
                 let caps_box = nanbox_pointer_inline(ctx.block(), &caps_arr);
                 let key_idx = ctx.strings.intern("__perry_ctor_caps");
@@ -436,6 +438,39 @@ pub(crate) fn lower(ctx: &mut FnCtx<'_>, expr: &Expr) -> Result<String> {
                     "js_object_set_field_by_name",
                     &[(I64, &obj), (I64, &key_raw), (DOUBLE, &caps_box)],
                 );
+                // #685: ALSO register this evaluation's captures as the
+                // template's CLASS_CAPTURE_VALUES snapshot. The static blocks
+                // invoked below run compiled static-method bodies whose
+                // enclosing-scope reads resolve through
+                // `js_param_or_class_capture_value` — i.e. the name-keyed
+                // snapshot — not `__perry_ctor_caps` (that array only feeds
+                // constructor replay). Same write-right-before-use pattern
+                // (and same documented per-evaluation overwrite limitation)
+                // as the shared-template path's `RegisterClassCaptures`.
+                if template_cid != 0 {
+                    let n = lowered_caps.len();
+                    let buf = ctx.func.alloca_entry_array(DOUBLE, n);
+                    for (i, v) in lowered_caps.iter().enumerate() {
+                        let slot =
+                            ctx.block()
+                                .gep(DOUBLE, &buf, &[(crate::types::I64, &i.to_string())]);
+                        ctx.block().store(DOUBLE, v, &slot);
+                    }
+                    let ptr_reg = ctx.block().next_reg();
+                    ctx.block().emit_raw(format!(
+                        "{} = getelementptr [{} x double], ptr {}, i64 0, i64 0",
+                        ptr_reg, n, buf
+                    ));
+                    let len_str = n.to_string();
+                    ctx.block().call_void(
+                        "js_class_register_capture_values",
+                        &[
+                            (crate::types::I32, &tcid_str),
+                            (crate::types::PTR, &ptr_reg),
+                            (crate::types::I64, &len_str),
+                        ],
+                    );
+                }
             }
             let obj_box = nanbox_pointer_inline(ctx.block(), &obj);
             for (key, init) in symbol_statics {
@@ -447,6 +482,42 @@ pub(crate) fn lower(ctx: &mut FnCtx<'_>, expr: &Expr) -> Result<String> {
                     &[(DOUBLE, &obj_box), (DOUBLE, &k), (DOUBLE, &v)],
                 );
             }
+            // #685: run the class's `static { … }` blocks NOW — at the class
+            // expression's evaluation, with `this` = THIS fresh class object.
+            // The `ClassExprFresh` fast path previously never invoked them
+            // (they are also skipped by the module-init fallback when another
+            // evaluation site invokes them inline), so `return class { static
+            // { this.viaBlock = tag } }` factories produced objects whose
+            // blocks simply never ran. Arm the one-shot static-`this`
+            // override before each call so the compiled body's
+            // `js_static_this_resolve` prologue binds `this` to the fresh
+            // object (writes land as own properties of this evaluation's
+            // object, not the shared template). Blocks run after the named
+            // static fields above — the source interleaving of fields and
+            // blocks is not reproduced on this path (pre-existing limitation).
+            let block_fns: Vec<String> = ctx
+                .classes
+                .get(template)
+                .map(|c| {
+                    c.static_methods
+                        .iter()
+                        .filter(|m| m.name.starts_with("__perry_static_init_"))
+                        .filter_map(|m| {
+                            ctx.methods
+                                .get(&(
+                                    template.clone(),
+                                    crate::codegen::static_method_registry_key(&m.name),
+                                ))
+                                .cloned()
+                        })
+                        .collect()
+                })
+                .unwrap_or_default();
+            for fn_name in block_fns {
+                ctx.block()
+                    .call_void("js_static_this_arm_value", &[(DOUBLE, &obj_box)]);
+                ctx.block().call(DOUBLE, &fn_name, &[]);
+            }
             Ok(obj_box)
         }
         // Issue #711 part 2: `<expr>.prototype = <expr>` pattern.
diff --git a/crates/perry-codegen/src/lower_call/property_get/static_dispatch.rs b/crates/perry-codegen/src/lower_call/property_get/static_dispatch.rs
index 73a8134467..ae15d285ef 100644
--- a/crates/perry-codegen/src/lower_call/property_get/static_dispatch.rs
+++ b/crates/perry-codegen/src/lower_call/property_get/static_dispatch.rs
@@ -222,19 +222,27 @@ pub(crate) fn try_lower_static_dispatch(
             let prev_this =
                 ctx.block()
                     .call(DOUBLE, "js_implicit_this_set", &[(DOUBLE, &recv_box)]);
-            // Receiver-sensitive static `this` for plain class-ref receivers:
-            // `D.f()` resolving to a parent's body at compile time must run
-            // with `this === D` (the prologue's `js_static_this_resolve`
-            // consumes this one-shot arm). Dynamic-value receiver shapes
-            // (ClassExprFresh / factory Call / LocalGet) keep their prior
-            // implicit-this-only behavior to avoid disturbing effect's
-            // per-evaluation class-object statics.
-            let plain_class_receiver =
-                matches!(object, Expr::ClassRef(_) | Expr::ExternFuncRef { .. });
-            if plain_class_receiver {
-                ctx.block()
-                    .call_void("js_static_this_arm_value", &[(DOUBLE, &recv_box)]);
-            }
+            // Receiver-sensitive static `this`: arm the one-shot override with
+            // the ACTUAL receiver box so the callee prologue's
+            // `js_static_this_resolve` binds `this` to it (spec
+            // OrdinaryCallBindThis). This must cover the dynamic-value receiver
+            // shapes too (ClassExprFresh / factory `Call` / `LocalGet`), not
+            // just plain class-refs: the prologue consumes the armed override
+            // or falls back to the LEXICAL class-ref — it never reads implicit
+            // `this` — so the previous implicit-this-only treatment of these
+            // shapes silently bound `this` to the shared template. A class
+            // EXPRESSION's per-evaluation statics are OWN properties of the
+            // fresh heap class object (never written to the template's
+            // static-field globals), so `this.<field>` inside the static body
+            // read `undefined` (#1787 criterion 1: `make(a).viaThis()` /
+            // `const C = make(a); C.viaThis()`). For a local that holds a
+            // plain ClassRef value this arms exactly the prologue's default —
+            // no behavior change — and for fresh objects it restores the
+            // receiver, matching the runtime dispatch tower
+            // (`js_class_static_method_call`), which has armed its receiver
+            // since the static-private-brand work.
+            ctx.block()
+                .call_void("js_static_this_arm_value", &[(DOUBLE, &recv_box)]);
             let arg_slices: Vec<(crate::types::LlvmType, &str)> =
                 lowered.iter().map(|s| (DOUBLE, s.as_str())).collect();
             let result = ctx.block().call(DOUBLE, &fn_name, &arg_slices);
diff --git a/test-files/test_gap_class_expr_fresh_static_blocks_this.ts b/test-files/test_gap_class_expr_fresh_static_blocks_this.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c68c177c98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-files/test_gap_class_expr_fresh_static_blocks_this.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+// #685 / #1787: class-EXPRESSION statics on the fresh-object path.
+//
+// (1) `static { … }` blocks of a class expression returned from a factory
+//     must run at each evaluation, with `this` bound to THAT evaluation's
+//     fresh class object and the factory's captured locals visible.
+// (2) A static METHOD called on the fresh class object (both the inline
+//     `make(x).m()` form and the const-bound `const C = make(x); C.m()`
+//     form) must bind `this` to the fresh object, so `this.<field>` reads
+//     the per-evaluation own static field — not the shared template's
+//     static-field global (which the fresh path never writes).
+
+let log: string[] = [];
+function makeExpr(tag: string) {
+  return class {
+    static viaBlock: string | null = null;
+    static { log.push("block:" + tag); }
+    static { this.viaBlock = tag; }
+    static ast = tag;
+    static viaThis() { return this.ast; }
+  };
+}
+
+const A = makeExpr("A");
+const B = makeExpr("B");
+console.log("blocks:", log.join(","));
+console.log("A.viaBlock:", A.viaBlock);
+console.log("B.viaBlock:", B.viaBlock);
+
+// Static-method `this` binding — const-bound receiver.
+console.log("A.viaThis():", A.viaThis());
+console.log("B.viaThis():", B.viaThis());
+// Inline factory-result receiver.
+console.log("inline:", makeExpr("C").viaThis());
+
+// `this === receiver` identity inside the static body.
+function makeIdent() {
+  return class {
+    static self() { return this === (globalThis as any).__IDENT ? "same" : "different"; }
+  };
+}
+const I = makeIdent();
+(globalThis as any).__IDENT = I;
+console.log("identity:", I.self());
+
+// Nested class DECLARATION block still runs once, in the factory (control).
+log = [];
+function makeDecl(tag: string) {
+  class D { static t: string; static { log.push("decl:" + tag); D.t = tag; } }
+  return D;
+}
+const D = makeDecl("D");
+console.log("decl blocks:", log.join(","));
+console.log("D.t:", D.t);
+
+// Top-level class-expression block still runs at module init (control).
+const E = class { static { console.log("toplevel block ran"); } };
+void E;