Apple Watch cannot pair without format. Please help

So, a year and a half ago I got my brand new Apple Watch series 4. From there I have been collecting activity medals. The Phone that the watch was linked to was an iPhone 7 Plus that I got before my Apple Watch. I also owned a Mavic Mini DJI drone at that time too.

I was out flying my drone with my phone that I am currently using. Until all of a sudden the drone app crashed so I had to restart my

iPhone. However when it turned back on it stayed on the Apple Screen. Even if I tried restarting again. Luckily I fixed it by formatting my iPhone as that was the only way. There was no backup of anything, not even my Apple Watch medals. I opened the watch App on my iPhone to check if my watch was paired and it wasn’t. My medals can only be accessed by activity sharing with other people and my watch itself but not my iPhone! I Then looked up ways on how to repair my Apple Watch back to my iPhone, and the only way was to format the watch! That means if I try and repair my watch back to my iPhone, I will lose all of my activity medals! And I don’t want that to happen! I have never had a watch backup before even when my phone got formatted.

Could someone please find a way to help me pair my watch with my iPhone again without formatting it or backing it up in a different way so I can keep my medals? Thanks.

FinTGM