Experience the Centenial of Flight Gold Jewlery collection a replica of Orville  and Wilber Wrights Flyer and the Celebration of 100 yeaer of Aviation in Kitty Hawk, NC. This Aviation Gold Jewlery is crafted from solid 14kt gold.  Limited edition 1903 Wright Flyer and pendants, earrings, tie-tacs, pins, desk sets and more. Props even turn!

About Reller and Aero-Gold

The Aero-Gold.com website was designed to reach Aviators more efficiently, by directly offering top quality jewelry items of particular interest to those of us who love to fly.

 For many years, items from our collection have been offered in various catalogs such as Sporty’s, Wright Bros. and Tailwinds, as well as through fine jewelers servicing major airports and airshows.   The Aero-Gold website makes the full collection available and gives us feedback directly from the “end-user”.

The Reller Family has been in business for over 50 years in Florida. The owner, Bernard Reller, received expert training from his father, Marcus Reller, an Austrian Mastercraftsman of the Vienna Goldsmith Guild.  Marcus was forced to flee Europe during the Nazi era leaving behind an already well-established international jewelry business. He ultimately settled in Miami, which is where Bernard began to learn the trade, “growing up” in his dad’s workshop.

Bernard took an early interest in flying, earning the coveted Aviation Merit Badge, B.S.A. Flying Lessons at busy Opa-Locka airport were Bernard’s high school graduation gift from his dad.

He went on to join The Gators at the University of Florida, Gainesville earning a degree in Physics, later doing a post graduate research for the department of Astronomy. The academic life of an experimental physicist was great fun but the lure of the Caribbean was too hard to resist.  On a visit to Grand Cayman, Bernard signed on as a salvage diver, diesel engineer and magnetometer operator aboard the RV/Beta a treasure salvage vessel owned by John Leeper, a retired Pan Am pilot.  John had built Beta at his San Pedro Boatworks and had partnered with famed treasure hunter Mel Fisher on earlier salvage expeditions.  This connection would prove invaluable some fifteen years later, when Fisher discovered the Mother Lode of the Atocha galleon lost off Key West, Florida.

Several seasons were spent searching the western Caribbean for shipwreck treasure. A number of wrecks were found – cannons, anchors but no valuable treasure. The diving was it’s own reward!

Upon return to Florida.  Bernard set up a lost wax casting operation for his dad’s business but quickly found a ready market for his own designs – mostly nautical – inspired by his recent time at sea.

In time, Bernard moved the family business up to Gainesville, where he enjoyed a slower paced lifestyle and no traffic jams.

Over the years, Bernard and the “Lone Palm” trademark became known throughout the Caribbean and the US for fine nautical and Atocha treasure jewelry.   

In the late eighties, Bernard met Jim Palozola, son-in-law of Marion Jayne, “Aviatrix Extraordinaire,” who was launching the Tailwinds Catalogue.

Many of Bernard’s aviation designs were included in the rapidly growing catalogue reaching a wider general aviation audience. Over the following years Bernard supplied all of the gold jewelry marketed by Tailwinds and co-sponsored Marion’s twin Comanche in womans air-racing.

In recent years, Bernard has produced gold AOPA wings and various other designs for Sporty’s and the Wright Brothers catalogues.

Bernard’s home field is the Flying Ten Airport – ten miles southwest of Gainesville where he flies a 1947 Cessna – 140, Blanick sailplane and hot air balloon.  He will happily consider trading jewelry for stick time in interesting aircraft

Some of the Treasure Jewlery and Replica Jewlery from the Atocha made by Reller.

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