diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/services/contenteditinghelper.service.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/services/contenteditinghelper.service.js
index a85cc8024c..03fd6b2946 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/services/contenteditinghelper.service.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/services/contenteditinghelper.service.js
@@ -55,8 +55,19 @@ function contentEditingHelper($location, $routeParams, notificationsService, ser
             for (var p in allOrigProps) {
                 var newProp = getNewProp(allOrigProps[p].alias);
                 if (newProp && !_.isEqual(allOrigProps[p].value, newProp.value)) {
+
                     //they have changed so set the origContent prop to the new one
+                    var origVal = allOrigProps[p].value;
                     allOrigProps[p].value = newProp.value;
+                    
+                    //instead of having a property editor $watch their expression to check if it has 
+                    // been updated, instead we'll check for the existence of a special method on their model
+                    // and just call it.
+                    if (angular.isFunction(allOrigProps[p].onValueChanged)) {
+                        //send the newVal + oldVal
+                        allOrigProps[p].onValueChanged(allOrigProps[p].value, origVal);
+                    }
+
                     changed.push(allOrigProps[p]);
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/urllist/urllist.controller.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/urllist/urllist.controller.js
index 6dcd33847a..24a754b4f5 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/urllist/urllist.controller.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/urllist/urllist.controller.js
@@ -12,12 +12,11 @@ angular.module('umbraco').controller("Umbraco.Editors.UrlListController",
 
 	    formatDisplayValue();
 	    
-	    //we need to put a watch on the real model because when it changes we have to update our renderModel
-	    $scope.$watch("model.value", function (newVal, oldVal) {
-	        if (newVal !== null && newVal !== undefined && newVal !== oldVal) {
-	            //update the display val again
-	            formatDisplayValue();
-	        }
-	    });
+	    //here we declare a special method which will be called whenever the value has changed from the server
+	    //this is instead of doing a watch on the model.value = faster
+	    $scope.model.onValueChanged = function(newVal, oldVal) {
+	        //update the display val again
+	        formatDisplayValue();
+	    };
 
 	});
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