help me learn more about my watch

[cea]

My mom recently gave me an old pocket watch to sell for her at a gold party. The "gold people" told me the case was 14k and the side trim was 10k and they would give me about $150 for it but they would just be buying the gold, the watch inners would be thrown out .. I thought since it was a real gold watch I should look into the history of it more so I didn't sell it .. its pretty worn, not sure who's it was .. serial # is 159267 so I have the info on it .. can you tell me anything you know about these? is there a market for these old watches? I live in Michigan and would like to TAKE it to someone rather than ebay or mail it ..

the case has 8669 stamped on each of the 3 parts. Woolworth Springfield Mass Pat Pinion is written on the inside
picture on the outside is pretty worn but looks to be a village with buildings and palm tree's

[cea]

here's more info. Hampden Watch co.
size 18
Jewels 15
Hunting

[Bob Baxter]

Cea, according to my reference material (Cooksey Shugart, et al) your watch was made ca. 1881. The Woolworth model was a lower grade watch in the 11-15 jewel variety and was key wind. Hope this helps. Don't know what else to tell you since we cannot discuss prices on this forum.