Originally Posted by Chombi

Both the Regal and the Concor were re-issued starting from about two years ago.
They use slightly thicker and softer padding for the new saddles. The Concor uses a much coarser textured suede leather cover on the new ones which does not look as good as the ones on the original that looked like fine velvet. It's not really a big deal as the velvet finish on the old ones wore out quickly and you end up with a smooth leather saddle cover afer just one season. No girardi versions were re-issued but they started making perforated versions for both saddles about a year ago. I guess enough people asked for it. Maybe it's just me but, therWe's something weird about the size and spacing of the perforations on the leather as it does not seem to match what they did in the 80's on the Regal and other saddles from that period. It does not seem to look as good to me.
So, the new ones do not seem to exactly match what we rode in the 80's but at least you do not have to pay as much these days to have a Concor or Regal saddle on your bike as NOS ones were already hitting $200+ just two years ago.

Chombi