Clock masters get ahead of Daylight Saving by resetting clocks early

These guys have plenty of time to unwind!

It isn’t a race against the clock this year for the duo who ensure that city tickers spring ahead by 2 a.m. Sunday — because they finished the job days ago.

City Clock Master Marvin Schneider and his top deputy, Forest Markowitz, decided this year to wind ahead on Monday, and by Wednesday the clocks ­under their charge were ready for Daylight Saving Time.

“We just looked at the forecast — they were talking snow and cold weather and whatnot,” said Markowitz, 65.

“We were free, and I told Marvin, ‘On Friday I’m kind of busy.’ And he said, ‘On Thursday ‘I’m kind of busy.’”

So the mechanical mavens set out early to tackle iconic clocks, including the landmark 19th-century manual clock at 346 Broadway; the timepiece at The Sun building at 280 Broadway; and the clock on the James Gordon Bennett monument in Herald Square.

Construction prevented the pair from changing the clock at the dome atop City Hall — but getting it up to speed will be a cinch.

The clock was installed in 1831, but is now electric.

“We made an arrangement with the workers there, and they’re just going to turn the power off for 23 hours,” Markowitz said.