I was able to pick out the stitching from the last inch or so of a band to free it then re-stitch it later when I used that band on another watch.
I later found a perfect match for the thread used for stitching of that type of band at Walmart in the crafts section. I have no idea what it was meant for but it came in small bundles of lengths of perhaps a foot long or more in various colors.
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