Device with a toroidal core retaining element for winding toroidal cores, which can be guided in the toroidal core retaining device, with a wire comprising a multiplicity of wire sections (3100, 3200), and further comprising: a substantially circular needle roller, arranged in a winding plane substantially parallel to the wire and mounted such as to be rotatably movable and which can be positioned relative to the toroidal core retaining element in such a way that the needle roller winds a wire section located in the winding plane through and about a toroidal core guided in the toroidal core retaining element when in operation, wherein the needle roller further comprises: a deflecting roller, which is rotationally mounted in a first recess in the winding plane at the needle roller, and is designed such as to wind the wire section located in the winding plane through and about the toroidal core when in operation; characterized in that the needle roller further comprises a baffle plate, which is arranged in a second recess in the winding plane, adjacent to the first recess at the needle roller, and which is designed to guide the wire which is to be wound, during operation, via a guide groove between the winding plane and a storing plane arranged substantially parallel to the winding plane, and the device further comprises: a multiplicity of storing elements (1210, 1220, 1230, 1240) arranged in the storing plane, which are mounted in a stationary and rotatable manner, and are designed to store the wire sections located in the storing plane. a substantially circular needle roller, arranged in a winding plane substantially parallel to the wire and mounted such as to be rotatably movable and which can be positioned relative to the toroidal core retaining element in such a way that the needle roller winds a wire section located in the winding plane through and about a toroidal core guided in the toroidal core retaining element when in operation, wherein the needle roller further comprises: a deflecting roller, which is rotationally mounted in a first recess in the winding plane at the needle roller, and is designed such as to wind the wire section located in the winding plane through and about the toroidal core when in operation; characterized in that the needle roller further comprises a baffle plate, which is arranged in a second recess in the winding plane, adjacent to the first recess at the needle roller, and which is designed to guide the wire which is to be wound, during operation, via a guide groove between the winding plane and a storing plane arranged substantially parallel to the winding plane, a deflecting roller, which is rotationally mounted in a first recess in the winding plane at the needle roller, and is designed such as to wind the wire section located in the winding plane through and about the toroidal core when in operation; characterized in that the needle roller further comprises a baffle plate, which is arranged in a second recess in the winding plane, adjacent to the first recess at the needle roller, and which is designed to guide the wire which is to be wound, during operation, via a guide groove between the winding plane and a storing plane arranged substantially parallel to the winding plane, and the device further comprises: a multiplicity of storing elements (1210, 1220, 1230, 1240) arranged in the storing plane, which are mounted in a stationary and rotatable manner, and are designed to store the wire sections located in the storing plane.