At the time of writing this review I can’t find anywhere that lists the individual types of motors used. However, take it from me, they are whisper quiet. I have the watch winder in my home office and it’s only around 4ft away from my desk and I’ve never heard it kicking in or turning. My Amazon winder is a different story, you can always hear that thing fire up.
The controls are simple to use whether it be using the remote control or the push buttons inside. I say push buttons but it’s more like a touch screen. You can select which winder you want to set, change the turns per day, stop the selected winder and so on. A nice touch I thought was when you open the door the white LEDs will automatically come on. I generally have the LEDs set to enabled the majority of the time. Why? I hear you ask… because it looks cool and can sometimes be a conversation starter when people enter my office. “What’s that?”, “What does that do?” You get the idea.