Performing the following (note the range of 10,000):

`importmulti '[{"desc": "sh(wpkh([aeee1e6a/49h/1h/0h]tpubDC5bVdaveQYxGFztMShFAjU637kKjrs9FD8ne1oHR7z8tLeQJExsaxWRVeSpcCcYMdp5ecf2LQhuVaeYFZ7YEpvWTJr4nDGUJrmuvLuTSsp/1/*))", "keypool": true, "timestamp": "now", "watchonly": true, "internal": true, "range": {"end": 1000}}]' '{"rescan": false}'`

takes many minutes. @achow101 reports a similar import taking 6 minutes on his machine.
return batch.WriteKey(pubkey,
                                                 secret.GetPrivKey(),
                                                 mapKeyMetadata[pubkey.GetID()]);
    }
    UnsetWalletFlag(WALLET_FLAG_BLANK_WALLET);
    return true;
}
bool CWallet::AddKeyPubKey(const CKey& secret, const CPubKey &pubkey)
{
    WalletBatch batch(*database);
    return CWallet::AddKeyPubKeyWithDB(batch, secret, pubkey);
}
bool CWallet::AddCryptedKey(const CPubKey &vchPubKey,
                            const std::vector<unsigned char> &vchCryptedSecret)
{
    if (!CCryptoKeyStore::AddCryptedKey(vchPubKey, vchCryptedSecret))
        return false;
    {
        LOCK(cs_wallet);
        if (encrypted_batch)
            return encrypted_batch->WriteCryptedKey(vchPubKey,
                                                        vchCryptedSecret,
                                                        mapKeyMetadata[vchPubKey.GetID()]);
        else
            return WalletBatch(*database).WriteCryptedKey(vchPubKey,
                                                            vchCryptedSecret,
                                                            mapKeyMetadata[vchPubKey.GetID()]);
    }
}
void CWallet::LoadKeyMetadata(const CKeyID& keyID, const CKeyMetadata& meta)