![Bulova Accutron wristwatch. Astronaut model with original box. During training for the Gemini 3 mission in 1965, Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom borrowed a Bulova Accutron wristwatch from back-up Gemini 3 commander Wally Schirra. Grissom purchased this replacement watch after the Gemini 3 flight but never found the time to give it to Schirra. In January 1967, Grissom was killed in the tragic Apollo 1 fire. Schirra received this replacement watch from Grissom's widow shortly after the tragedy. [With:] Typed letter signed by Schirra. (2)](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/1999/NYE/1999_NYE_08209_0001_000(120017).jpg?w=1)
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Bulova Accutron wristwatch. Astronaut model with original box. During training for the Gemini 3 mission in 1965, Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom borrowed a Bulova Accutron wristwatch from back-up Gemini 3 commander Wally Schirra. Grissom purchased this replacement watch after the Gemini 3 flight but never found the time to give it to Schirra. In January 1967, Grissom was killed in the tragic Apollo 1 fire. Schirra received this replacement watch from Grissom's widow shortly after the tragedy. [With:] Typed letter signed by Schirra. (2)