Yes thick leather saddles are heavy , so you just look at plastic base and padded , with a thin Pleather cover ..

Really its between your arse and the saddle , not a popularity question ..

80 out of 100 miles you have been sitting down too long. nothing will be comfortable forever in a day.

I will have made a Pub stop and had lunch in that time ..

The list: SI Turbo(80s) SM Rolls , SM Concor Max (not reintroduced since then)

and the Brooks Professional .. to cut weight they now sell a Titanium frame model .

around town Fizik Vitesse , CP3 another discontinued one. the HP is thinner padded , the base edge can be felt..