Angular Datatables ChangeData not updating - angularjs

Question

I'm using Angular.js Datatables, it's a version no longer supported by the author but until I can refactor and upgrade the verison for my application I need to maintain the current implementation.
Put simply for each row in my table I have an action button. That action button will for example delete some data and if success the table should be re-drawn, sometimes with a data from a different source. Here is what I have so far:
var vm = this;
vm.dtInstance = {};
vm.dtOptions = DTOptionsBuilder
.fromSource('/datatables/watches.json')
.withDataProp('data')
.withDOM('frtip')
.withOption('createdRow', function(row) {
$compile(angular.element(row).contents())($scope);
})
.withOption('processing', true)
.withOption('bServerSide', true)
.withOption('sDom', 'lBfrtip')
.withPaginationType('full_numbers')
.withOption('order', [0, 'asc'])
.withDisplayLength(10)
;
vm.dtColumns = [
DTColumnBuilder.newColumn('Watches.id').withTitle('#').withOption('name', 'Watches.id').renderWith(function(data, type, res) {return res.id;}),
DTColumnBuilder.newColumn('Listings.title').withTitle('Listing').withOption('name', 'Listings.title').renderWith(function(data, type, res) {return res.listing.title;}),
DTColumnBuilder.newColumn('Users.username').withTitle('Seller').withOption('name', 'Users.username').renderWith(function(data, type, res) {return res.listing.user.username;}),
DTColumnBuilder.newColumn('Watches.created').withTitle('Added').withOption('name', 'Watches.created').renderWith(function(data, type, res) {return moment(res.created).format('YYYY-MM-DD')}),
DTColumnBuilder.newColumn('action').withTitle('Actions').notSortable().withOption('searchable', false)
.renderWith(function(data, type, res) {
return '<button class="btn btn-danger action" ng-click="results.addWatch(' + res.id + ')">Un-watch</button>';
}
)
];
vm.addWatch = function(id) {
vm.dtInstance.changeData('/datatables/watches.json').rerender();
};
The ng-click on the button works, but the changeData does not do anything.
I believe the problem is related to the $compile because if I add a static button/link in my template which calls the same function the table refreshes with the target data source.