我提出了这个问题，但事实证明，我的问题是，当我应该使用angular的$interval提供程序时，我却使用了setInterval。setTimeout也是如此(使用$timeout代替)。我知道这不是OP问题的答案，但它可能会有所帮助，就像它帮助了我一样。

如果您想避免$watch的暴政和开销，您总是可以使用老式的观察器模式。

在服务中:

factory('aService', function() {
  var observerCallbacks = [];

  //register an observer
  this.registerObserverCallback = function(callback){
    observerCallbacks.push(callback);
  };

  //call this when you know 'foo' has been changed
  var notifyObservers = function(){
    angular.forEach(observerCallbacks, function(callback){
      callback();
    });
  };

  //example of when you may want to notify observers
  this.foo = someNgResource.query().$then(function(){
    notifyObservers();
  });
});

在控制器中:

function FooCtrl($scope, aService){
  var updateFoo = function(){
    $scope.foo = aService.foo;
  };

  aService.registerObserverCallback(updateFoo);
  //service now in control of updating foo
};

对于那些像我一样只是寻找一个简单的解决方案，这几乎完全是你所期望的在控制器中使用正常的$watch。 唯一的区别是，它在javascript上下文中计算字符串，而不是在特定的作用域上。您必须将$rootScope注入到您的服务中，尽管它只用于正确地钩子到摘要周期中。

function watch(target, callback, deep) {
    $rootScope.$watch(function () {return eval(target);}, callback, deep);
};

您可以在工厂内部观察更改，然后广播更改

angular.module('MyApp').factory('aFactory', function ($rootScope) {
    // Define your factory content
    var result = {
        'key': value
    };

    // add a listener on a key        
    $rootScope.$watch(function () {
        return result.key;
    }, function (newValue, oldValue, scope) {
        // This is called after the key "key" has changed, a good idea is to broadcast a message that key has changed
        $rootScope.$broadcast('aFactory:keyChanged', newValue);
    }, true);

    return result;
});

然后在你的控制器中:

angular.module('MyApp').controller('aController', ['$rootScope', function ($rootScope) {

    $rootScope.$on('aFactory:keyChanged', function currentCityChanged(event, value) {
        // do something
    });
}]);

通过这种方式，您将所有相关的工厂代码放在其描述中，然后您只能依赖来自外部的广播

有点丑，但我已经为切换添加了范围变量的注册到我的服务:

myApp.service('myService', function() {
    var self = this;
    self.value = false;
    self.c2 = function(){};
    self.callback = function(){
        self.value = !self.value; 
       self.c2();
    };

    self.on = function(){
        return self.value;
    };

    self.register = function(obj, key){ 
        self.c2 = function(){
            obj[key] = self.value; 
            obj.$apply();
        } 
    };

    return this;
});

然后在控制器中:

function MyCtrl($scope, myService) {
    $scope.name = 'Superhero';
    $scope.myVar = false;
    myService.register($scope, 'myVar');
}

看看这个活塞:这是我能想到的最简单的例子?

http://jsfiddle.net/HEdJF/

<div ng-app="myApp">
    <div ng-controller="FirstCtrl">
        <input type="text" ng-model="Data.FirstName"><!-- Input entered here -->
        <br>Input is : <strong>{{Data.FirstName}}</strong><!-- Successfully updates here -->
    </div>
    <hr>
    <div ng-controller="SecondCtrl">
        Input should also be here: {{Data.FirstName}}<!-- How do I automatically updated it here? -->
    </div>
</div>



// declare the app with no dependencies
var myApp = angular.module('myApp', []);
myApp.factory('Data', function(){
   return { FirstName: '' };
});

myApp.controller('FirstCtrl', function( $scope, Data ){
    $scope.Data = Data;
});

myApp.controller('SecondCtrl', function( $scope, Data ){
    $scope.Data = Data;
});