Question about Speedmaster

Hi friends

I know that 90% of Speedmaster models are hand wind. Does this make the Automatic models higher or lower in price?

My second question is for a particular watch.. This one is listed as 2017 Speedmaster Automatic.. Listed for around $3,400 … Does it worth? Is it a good watch in general?

I won't comment on value, as a dollar means something different to every person. I will say, typically that when people think of the Speedmaster and the history with which it is associated; they think of the manual hand wound movements. While the auto movements are solid, they just lack the nostalgic appeal and historical references that make this watch so universally appealing.

Yeah this is so confusing… actually I passed on manual wind one almost at a bit higher price just because it is manual wind !
I prefer auto watches in general but for this one, I am so confused

I would recommend to read up a bit more on the various types of speedmasters before pulling the trigger on buying one. Unless you are going to buy one of each, then it probably doesn't matter where you start.

In a nutshell, and horribly abbreviated, it makes sense to group them by the movements they use:
Among the manual winding speedmasters there's original 321 based ones from the 1960's, speedmasters with the 861/1861 series of movements from the late 60s to a short while ago, and recently 3861 co-axial handwinders replacing the 1861s.
For automatics there's various ETA movement based ones (2890, 7750), and for the last ten years or so various co-axial automatics (9300, 9900 etc).
Manual winding ones are typically thinner, early automatics were smaller diameter, and the recent co-axial automatics are usually pretty large in diameter and height.

But there's whole books about speedmasters...