Inside Open House, L.A.’s Top Gathering of Indie Watch Lovers

Asher Rapkin, co-founder of Collective Horology, a watch retailer in Ventura, Calif., stood in the middle of a room heaving with watch lovers. It was still early in the day, but the event—Collective’s third annual Open House, which took place in early June at the Aster, a private members club in Hollywood—already had people queuing at the entrance downstairs, patiently waiting for their chance to speak to a cohort of independent watchmakers they might never cross paths with…