A winding device that winds a wire fed from a wire feeding member onto a stator having a plurality of radially disposed magnetic poles, includes a wire feeding member moving mechanism that moves the wire feeding member relative to the stator. The device also has a guide that holds the wire fed from the wire feeding member and positions the wire relative to a magnetic pole. The wire feeding member is moved relative to the stator without being passed between adjacent magnetic poles while the wire is held by the guide such that the wire fed from the wire feeding member is inserted between the adjacent magnetic poles.