Abstract: A toroidal coil winding machine for winding a wire in a coil on a work such as a toroidal core of a magnetic head comprises, as the principal components, a rotary table for fixedly holding a work thereon, capable of being turned intermittently through an angle of 180.degree. at a time, a pair of mobable arms disposed on the diametrically opposite sides of the rotary table, respectively, provided with mechanical hands for gripping a wire, respectively, and capable of being moved between the respective front positions and the back positions, a clamping device for holding one free end of the wire, mounted on the rotary table, a loop holding device for holding loops of the wire wound on the work while the rotary table is stopped, mounted on the rotary table, a wire reel for feeding the wire, a wire holder disposed near the wire reel for temporarily holding the wire drawn out from the wire reel, and a cutter disposed near the wire holder for cutting the wire in a predetermined length.